Quote Originally Posted by War Angel
WTF? Since when are the Olympics a trade-mark? It's a 3000 year-old tradition - how can anyone have a claim of rights over it?

As for the matter itself - whatever. There's really no grounds to prevent that ad or commercial from airing, as (despite what that idiotic organisation says) there are no grounds for doing so. Sure, people who don't like Bush or the wars he waged may find somewhat it disturbing, but that's hardly anything new, and not really any basis for... well, anything.


And in small print, below - Brought to you by the Department of Cheap Propoganda
You misunderstood what the article meant and the law. The name Olympics is not a trade-mark. It is not like "Nintendo" or "Sony." Because the olympics is more generic than original, you can't possibly own that name. It's like us trying to own the word "clock."

What the law states is that only in advertising and non-partisan (no party affiliation) funding may the USOC use the word "olympics" unless they give permission for someone else(no political party affiliated) to do so...like Home Depot.

The USOC is not an idiotic organization, without them we have no US team in the olympics. The USOC simply asked the campaign to avert their ads. The law that gave the USOC exclusive, but limited, olympic name rights also states that the organization be apolitical. Because in this case the ad used "olympics", it makes the USOC seem like it has a republican affiliation. That's why the USOC is asking for the ad to be taken down.