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Sunday, March 07, 2010

2012 London Olympics Will See Deployment Of ‘Copyright Cops’


The police paid for by the people of London will be deployed during the 2012 Olympics to stop punters carrying "non-sponsor items" into venues.

Moves to safeguard company trademarks and stamp out ambush marketing, to preserve the monopoly of official advertisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) logo, are raising concerns among civil liberty groups.

Police will have powers to enter private homes and seize posters, and will be able to stop people carrying non-sponsor items to sporting events.'

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