Olympic copywrited words

[MichaelW2]

For the next few weeks we had better get used to living without several words of the English language which are now held to be the creative property of the International Olympic Committee. These include:
2016/ Rio / Rio de Janeiro
Gold/Silver/Bronze/Medal
Effort/Performance/Challenge
Summer/Games
Sponsor/Victory/Drug Cheat
Olympian/Olympics/Olympus Games/Olympiad/
Citius /Altius/Fortius/Maximus/Decimus/Meridius

Get used to not using them in casual conversation.

 

[Dayvo]

Have they the exclusive right to the names 'twats' and 'nobbers', too?

 

[Globalti]

Russian team?

 

[Dayvo]

Anyway, why can't they use French words?

 

[TVC]

I always wondered why Little Chef called their morning lard fest "Olympic Breakfast" because I can't see it as being part of any Olympian's diet.

 

[classic33]

Don't Olympus make cameras?

 

[Dayvo]

Don't Olympus make cameras?

No, Mountains.

 

[MichaelW2]

Rio Ferdinand has had to revert to his middle name and will be known as Gavin Ferdinand for the duration.
Summer will not be a word we need much over the next few weeks.
As for Effort, I really can't be bothered to explain.

 

[stephec]

I always wondered why Little Chef called their morning lard fest "Olympic Breakfast" because I can't see it as being part of any Olympian's diet.

In the days when I used to travel a lot more for work I was very proficient at demolishing an Olympic breakfast, apart from the beans and tomatoes as I don't like them, so I had an extra piece of toast instead.

 

[Dayvo]

What about 'clean athlete'? Can we say that?

It's an oxymoron.

 

[NorthernDave]

Rio Ferdinand has had to revert to his middle name and will be known as Gavin Ferdinand for the duration.

I thought his middle name was 'Archduke'? Or 'money grabbing Judas', as he's often referred to round these parts...

 

[Diggs]

To be honest it annoys me more when Medal is used as a verb

 

[ColinJ]

I was pretty gobsmacked when I found that out a few days ago. I am an affiliate for a couple of companies and one of them told me to make damn sure that I I do not mention the Olympics.

For example if Froome wins a gold medal in the men's road race ...

I could write a post that said "If Chris Froome's wonderful rides have inspired you, why not treat yourself to a new road bike from ..."

I must not write a post that said "If Chris Froome's wonderful win in the Olympic road race inspired you, why not treat yourself to a new road bike from ..."

 

[jefmcg]

I did notice during the Sydney Olympics a lot of ambush advertising. Companies who had spent no money sponsoring, using weasel words to give the impression they did.

I hate almost everything about the Olympics, including knowing for a fact that my tax dollars ($A) were used to pay for prostitutes Olympic delegates, but this one, I'm okay with.

 

[ColinJ]

Here's a detailed explanation:

I just want to take a moment to explain the very strong restrictions on the use of Olympic logos, brandmarks and copyrighted terms around the Olympics. These will probably strike you as pretty draconian. Nevertheless, they have been strictly enforced in recent Olympic years, and we should expect them to be enforced just as strictly for Rio. That enforcement includes court action and very significant fines. (This is all done to protect the interest of those official sponsors who have paid millions to be allowed to associate their brands with the Olympics.)

As you might expect, all use of Olympic logos (not just the five rings, but the Paralympic logo, the Rio 2016 logo, etc) is restricted solely to official sponsors. Films, publications, presentations, images, music, artwork and visual elements created by Rio 2016 or other official Olympic and Paralympic authorities that relate to the Games are also protected by copyright. That includes the little pictograms used to identify each sport or group of sports. These restrictions include graphic depictions of the Olympic Flame, and also any historic logos, images etc (from past Olympic Games).

There are also a significant list of certain words associated with the Olympics which are also copyrighted. Specifically these include: ‘Olympic Games’, ‘Paralympic Games’, ‘Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games’, ‘Rio 2016 Games’, ‘Rio 2016’, ‘Rio Olympiad’, ‘Rio 2016 Olympiad’, ‘XXXI Olympic Games'. The list goes on longer than this, and includes translations and minor variations. So, to underline this point, we are not allowed to entitle any promotion an ‘Olympic promotion’. We’re not allowed to say something like ‘to celebrate the Olympics we’re taking 10% off ...’ or even to mention Rio 2016 at the top of an email or advert.