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Not at all Surprising
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Anonymous
Before the 2000 Games, my employer was working with Quokka Sports and NBC (the US TV broadcast rights holder) to provide medal standings and results over WAP.
The IOC forbade NBC from launching the service as they had not bought the rights for WAP.
The IOC treats everything happening at the Games as their property and sells the broadcast rights to the high bidder. You could blog, as long as you bought the blogging rights from the IOC.
This gives the IOC committee members cushy salaries, but makes for crappy coverage of the games.
I've given up on the Games. The IOC is corrupt, and has been for a long time.
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