[Leica] Rights to Olympic Photos

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Gerry Walden OFFERED:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Rights to Olympic Photos
>>Here in the UK we have strong links with
> Greece (after all the Queen is married to a member of the Greek royal 
> family!)
> so there is a large (ish) Greek population who have been here many, many 
> years
> and yet long standing "Olympic Restaurants', 'Olympic Breakfasts' etc. 
> have
> had to change their names.<<<<<

Gerry,
THE CHANGING NAMES ISN'T ANYTHING NEW! WE HAD THIS KIND OF CRAP IN VANCOUVER 
OVER A tiny breakfast RESTURANT WHO'S NAME WAS "THE OLYMPIC RESTURANT" 
absolutely no reference to the "OLYMPIC GAMES WHATSOEVER!"  IT WAS OPEN FOR 
ABOUT 25 YEARS WITH THAT NAME BEFORE THE OLYMPICS CAME TO VANCOUVER. The 
owner was of Greek origin and never thought it was a problem! That was until 
the all powerful idiots from the IOC turned up on his door step with an 
order to change the name ... "OR ELSE!!"

HOWEVER THE OWNER WAS GIVEN NO option.... "change the name or be sued!"  And 
that was after 25 years of the name use and never bothered by anyone until 
the morons running the "OLYMPIC COMMITTE" and lawyers in Lauzanne got into 
the money game ruling the world with their bloody nonsense OVER such a tiny 
breakfast shop like this. Many of the local folks were furious over such an 
assinine bit of Olympic Committee BULLsh!t. He did change it as he had 
absolutely no recourse but to do so. Or be wiped off the map!

The power of the IOC money grubbing freeloading SOB's has become beyond ones 
wildest imagination. :-(

Having covered many Olympics, summer and winter. There isn't any question, 
it's an incredible sports event to shoot. However today for a winning 
country???????? It's just become a "do the Opening --- Closing show" better 
than the last guy!"

Oh yea and there's something about people running around a track or sliding 
down a hill some place. What was it?

Unfortunately it's just become a money grubbing opration for the IOC 
members.

Then we have a down and out bit of absolute political crap here in CANADA 
when an assigned freelancr was bumped from covering the Canadian Team.... 
READY?  So the Prime Minister's personal photographer could go instead! A 
shooter who's never covered a sports event of this calibre! So if some of 
you think you are living in a country with crappy politicians? We have the 
mega ones here big-time from the Prime Minister and his sleaze-bag 
operations!.

The good news is.... "the bumped photog is suing the Canadian Olympic 
Committee" for the fee he would've been paid! The PM's guy? He just goes on 
getting paid as though he was in the PM's office building!

happy faces all round????  CRAP! :-(

Dr. ted