The IOC Projects Censorship on NYC Projection Video

Posted on August 10th, 2008 by Nick in General

The International Olympic Committee has filed a copyright infringement claim against a youtube video showing August 7th’s high profile projection action at the Chinese Consulate in NYC.

While the activists projected the Olympic Rings on the Chinese Consulate and other dramatic content, it is in no way an infringement of the IOC’s copyrighted Olympic rings. This claim is dubious at best. The IOC seems to understand copyright as infringing if videos of photos of photos are projected on rough urban services.

Nice try but the internet is free like Tibet will be.

Click here to view more photos of the projection.

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