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by ianivs | July 26, 2007 at 08:56 am
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It looks like the IOC is changing its mind about the ban on blogs written by athletes during the Olympic Games. Currently, the rules prohibit athletes from working as journalists and that includes writing on the internet.
The IOC Press Commission, chaired by Australian Kevan Gosper, is set to recommend that the IOC's powerful executive board drop its opposition to athletes writing blogs during the Games when it meets in November.
If the recommendation is approved athletes will still have to comply to strict rules such as not making any money and not criticising coaches or other athletes. They will also not be allowed to publish any video taken inside official Olympic venues. The main concerns being not giving a free platform for unofficial sponsors and not undermining the TV coverage by the official broadcasters.
If all goes well, athletes will be able to write on their blogs during the 2008 games in Beijing.
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at 11:14 on July 26th, 2007
ianivs, really glad you caught this. I've been very interested in how the IOC will handle not just competitors' blogs, but results from citizen journalists.
The IOC awards all media rights in such a strict way as to try to prevent bloggers from even posting their personal photos from events. I think that this issue is likely to become hugely important in the Beijing Olympics - but more so in 2010 when the Winter events will be held in North America.
It's clearly an important issue to watch - and perhaps develop some strategies around!