please empty your brain below
I wonder if this is referring to English, Scottish and Welsh flags? A ban on St George's Crosses would be nice (both in the context of the Olympics and in general).
1) Images, video & sound recordings can only be used for private domestic purposes.
2) Video and sound recordings may not be published, including on social networking sites.
3) Images, video and sound recordings may not be used for commercial purposes.
So you *can* upload photos to the Internet non-commercially, but not movies.
7am update: You're right john, uploading photos will be fine, so I've updated the post, thanks.
And you're telling me that I cannot take a bottle of water into the venues? This is London in August - it maybe a little on the warm side!
Err - just remind me again how much I am, as a British taxpayer,putting into this exercise? Is it more than, the same as, or less than the sponsors, whom I presume will be qualifying for a batch of free tickets? How many such free tickets will be distributed to the British public? I didn't realise Ryanair were a sponsor but their fingerprints appear to be all over this. Is there not something called the Unfair Terms and Conditions act 1977 that might be invoked. The prospect of the Olympics being overwhelmed by members of the "You will retain 100% of the compensation" whip lash lawyers association is one to savour.Personally I have always favoured the reintroduction of gladitorial combat to the arena - perhaps my wish will come true.
The question now is whether one can find a policeman when one needs one but whether one can find a full blooded civil liberian.
If, from yesterday's post, they are checking ever ticket to make sure that the person who bought it is amongst the group, or has legitimately sold it on the offical site, and they are going to search/confiscate/cope with ensuing arguments, then expect empty stadia.
What a charade.
You don't have to be able to stop them uploading. You just have to be able to persuade YouTube to takedown whatever they upload. And YuoTube are pretty compliant with lawyers.
dg writes: Advance warning - I really wouldn't bother reading in July/August 2012.
Even more reasons to avoid going there while the Olympics are on.
Re: Mobile phones - surely they're trying to counter the sort of absolute t**t who takes a mobile to a sporting venue, doesn't turn it off, doesn't put it on silent, and has their phone ring during a crucial point? I am interested in attending the Archery, a sport I also participate in, and I am fully aware that a phone going off at the wrong point could mean the difference between winning a medal and going home with nothing. I would fully expect that at the Archery Events I would b at the very least expected to have my mobile on silent.
Of course, my phone is a "smartphone" and so is therefore useless as a phone. It's a brilliant camera though, probably better than my little digital camera. I do hope they won't confiscate it from me...
Oh, and to the person above - LOCOG stands for "London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games". :)
LOCOG stands for The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.
So, even though you're not using them for profit, and just making them available for other bloggers etc, you could be squaring up for a fight with the Olympic machine.
That's less about Tibet and more about the Chinese government's propensity to throw a strop at the slightest provocation.
But stuff that. What about all the sponsors? You know, the ones who have paid so much to be there?
The ones whose logos would inevitably appear in the amateur footage. Lots of nice free publicity. Banned.
On the other hand, this will at least save the world from millions of dreadful quality video clips cluttering up YouTube.
Brilliant. I knew there'd be some non-insane (albeit craven) reason for the flag rule.
Dome...Wembley....Olympics
Welcome to the land of the farce.
I very much enjoy DG's geographical and transport themed posts, and hope they will become more prominent again in future. I certainly won’t be sticking around for another 18-odd months of Olympics bashing though. There’s enough of that in the inkie / flickering media.
The beauty of this blog is it's like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.
I had dispose of my bottle of water out at the gates before entering at the Paul McCartney concert in the July desert sun of Salt Lake City last year, so I think it very likely you'll have to do the same!!
I think the pertinent words concerning the confiscating of advertising and promotional material is "large quantities". No they won't nab your oyster wallet, they just don't want people handing out promotional leaflets, coupons, religious tracts etc, and fair enough.
Charles Taylor?
Fortunately, the mainstream press have FINALLY noticed just what an ghastly authoritarian shambles this is becoming.
Start with THIS PIECE
"printed matter bearing religious, political or offensive content or content contrary to public order and/or morality". These are separate categories; let me spell this out. All of the following are in theory banned, and can be removed from you at the gate: a) printed material that bears religious content; b) printed material that bears political content; c) printed material that bears offensive content; d) printed material that bears content contrary to public order; e) printed material that bears content contrary to morality. For example, a) Bibles or Korans or indeed the tefillin that observant Jewish men are required to wear; b) most newspapers (though I guess The Star would be OK); c) most tabloids (especially The Star); d) printed Sex Pistols Tshirts proclaiming Anarchy in the UK; sexualised slogans on children's Tshirts ("Porn Star in the Making" etc.). Great headlines when gatekeepers turn away someone passing the time in the queue innocently reading Mike Coles's The Bible in Cockney, for local East End colour, innit. And will books count as "printed material" if they are on an e-reader?
I have never met a liberian who wasn't civil ;-)
Games organisers said the list was a "base case" set of terms.
A Locog spokesman said: "In many cases, decisions have not been made on what will or will not be allowed into venues.
"When tickets are issued the final terms and conditions will be made clear to ticketholders." (BBC News)
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