CBC – The International Olympic Committee has ordered a P.E.I. blogger to remove a video of the death of a Georgian luger from his website. Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21 of Georgia, died during a training run Feb. 12, just hours before the Olympic opening ceremonies. Stephen Pate, publisher of the online site NJN Network, published the [...]

IOC orders video take down despite the protection of video as news under US and Canadian copyright law Within hours of the death of luge athlete Nodar Muaritashvili during a luge run at the Vancouver Olympics, the video was being posted on the Internet. The tape clearly shows Muaritashvili losing control, flipping off his luge [...]

International Olympic Committee ordered PEI blogger to remove a luger death video from his website CBC News – Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21 of Georgia, died during a training run Feb. 12, just hours before the Olympic opening ceremonies. Stephen Pate, publisher of the online site NJN Network, published the video along with commentary about the death, [...]