NBC Fights for Rights to Olympic Coverage
Don’t expect to see your favorite gymnastics routine replayed on YouTube anytime soon - not legally, anyway. NBC, who has exclusive broadcast rights to the Olympics, is keeping a tight grip on who can and cannot air Olympic audiovisuals.
According to a recent article, NBC is employing lawyers to guard its coveted Olympic coverage – heck, even athletes cannot post audiovisual snippets to their own personal blogs. Luckily, NBC has partnered with major Internet moguls like Google and Yahoo to bring online users Olympic news and stats. Still, no Olympic videos on YouTube, Myspace or Facebook? Seems almost out of place to me.
