Has anybody heard anything about this? Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2000 9:34 P.M. Subject: Fw: IoC police the internet > sounds very feasible to me. any ideas? > > fkj > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sean Dodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 1:46 AM > Subject: IoC police the internet > > > > Hi Ray, > > I found this story floating about on nettime and am experiencing > > difficulties in verifying it. > > > > Can you help or do you know anybody who could? > > > > best regards > > Sean > > > > > > > > DENIAL OF SERVICE: OLYMPICS OVER INTERNET > > CyberNeews / Aug13,2000. > > > > "This is boring" was the angry response from media activist and freedom of > > speech advocate Belinda Hawkins. She was upset at the recent announcement > > by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to police the internet for > > any unauthorized content that is uploaded during the Sydney 2000 Games in > > September. The IOC are concerned that the internet will jeopardize highly > > lucrative television broadcasting rights. > > > > Media giant NBC has paid over US$700 million to be the exclusive > > broadcaster of the 2000 Games in the United States. However, because of > > the time difference between Sydney and the US, the NBC coverage will be > > taped and specially edited for primetime viewers. Why not go live? The > > advertising revenue during prime-time is far greater than at 4am in the > > morning. > > > > But what about the thrill of live as-it-happens TV? Apparently this won't > > be affected. The NBC monopoly will trick its viewers in to believing the > > Games are happening live. The internet, however, may interfere with NBC's > > illusion-making but that is where the Olympic cyber-cops fit in. > > > > The IOC has hired a special team of experts to search the internet for > > sites containing content that is infringing what they claim is their > > "property rights". Once found, the webmaster of the site will be told to > > shut the content down. > > > > Hawkins is based in Sydney and is planning to publicize a call to action > > to defend "the right to upload". She believes that it is wrong for the IOC > > to dictate how, when and where images from such a public event as the > > Olympics can be used. "If I am moved by what I see, then I should be able > > to express that emotion to the world", she says. "And if pictures and > > video enable me to communicate my feelings better, then I should be able > > to publish images and stream video". > > > > So how will one young woman take on a media giant like NBC and a secret > > and powerful establishment like the International Olympic Committee? > > "That's our secret. We have already discussed strategy with activist cells > > from around the world. The only way they (NBC/IOC) can monopolize the > > media this century is by shutting down the whole internet". > > > > Unfortunately, NBC, the IOC also have friends around the world and very > > possibly can shut down the internet or better still, turn it in to a > > broadcast medium controlled by a few - just like the television stream. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
