While it is understandable that the Olympic organizers want to maximize the marketing potential of the games, the bill raises several concerns.
First, as David Fewer of CIPPIC notes, the organizers already have trademark and copyright law at their disposal, which begs the question of whether additional legislation is necessary.
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Bill C-47 - Government Waste In Action.
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Whistler is a place - they have zero right to the name beyond someone attaching "olympics" or "olympic games" etc to it.
Protecting your mark is one thing, extending it beyond its reach is quite another and most likely would not hold up in court even with them getting the government to waste money on Bill C-47.
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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.
Anyone who thinks they can copyright it is a nutcase.
And, like Roy, I'd give anyone who gave me attitude about it a reply much in the same spirit as Roy's.
Although mine would be more along the lines of "Kiss my fat fuzzy a**".
heh
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush