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April 14, 2012 09:50 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/2fMu63ujXiM/londons-dystopian-olympics.html
London's dystopian Olympics: criminal sanctions for violating the exclusivity of sponsors' brands
As London ramps up for the 2012 Olympics, a dystopian regime of policing and censorship on behalf of the games' sponsors is coming online. A special squad of "brand police" will have the power to force pubs to take down signs advertising "watch the games on our TV," to sticker over the brand-names of products [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/2fMu63ujXiM/londons-dystopian-olympics.html
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