mikeinctown wrote in post #14724953
There have been quotes from the IOC posted in the past few weeks that say this is simply not the case. People can post tpo FB etc. What they cannot do is use their phone as a mobile hotspot in order to upload photos.
Hmmm maybe I'm not understanding this. So:
1. Someone could take a picture with their phone.
2. But are then not allowed to post it to facebook from their phone?
If it's a restriction on running a mobile hotspot because they don't want people copying photos from their real cameras to the internet quickly at the event, couldn't one just say...take pics to a micro sd card in a cf or sd to micro sd adapter, then simply put the micro sd card into the phone and upload it, taking all of 2 seconds longer? This makes no sense to me...then again, most of the restrictions don't...I haven't watched the olympics in probably 10 years, though. Gotta laugh at all the attempts to region lock various official sites that broadcast it (and how brainless it would be to get around if one cared), and other sports, online--we want a free market and free trade, but but---only one way, if you're an end user, you can't use content from outside your own country damnit, that's stealing from the people who bought the broadcast rights!!!
It's like they try to monetize everything as much as possible, and simply don't realize everyone else is laughing at them.