arrest those bagels!

#london2012

Last week a cafe manager in Camberwell, south London was raided by ‘community wardens’ after he displayed five bagels in the style of the Olympics rings in his window.

… within 20 minutes of manager David Adams putting up the display.

They claimed that putting the circular buns on show breached copyright rules. …

… Former International Olympic Committee marketing chief Michael Payne criticised the organising committee for ‘scoring an own goal’ over exclusivity rights.

He said that the over-zealous rules are ‘suffocating local street traders’, in the light of critics dubbing London 2012 the ‘Censorship Games’. …

details – Man who introduced corporate sponsorship to the Olympics slams London’s over-zealous clampdown on shops and businesses using Games logo

(via Gymnastics – No Ceiling)