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cliffelam  ·  3843 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Man Who Was Evicted For 1964 Olympics To Be Evicted For 2020 Olympics

I'm with you - not a big fan of the Olympics in a lot of ways.

Take a look at how they bamboozle copyright law to prevent "Johns Olympic Pizza" places from operating.

-XC





humanodon  ·  3843 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is this a specific incident that you're referring to? I did a quick search and all that came up were results for Papa John's on Olympic Blvd. in L.A. or pizza places in towns/cities named Olympia.

cliffelam  ·  3843 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha, not specifically, but the word "olympic" is restricted in copyright in every country that participates in the olympics. So if you see "Olympic pizza" it predates 1976 or whatever the year was that Congress threw yet more copyright law under the bus.

-XC

BlackBird  ·  3843 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Solution: "Olympizza"!

cliffelam  ·  3843 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks, FIFM.

humanodon  ·  3843 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah, I get you. Yeah, that's pretty bad.