3 Count: Instagram the Olympics

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1: Jamaica Olympian Elaine Thompson-Herah Booted From Instagram Over Copyright Violations

First off today, Ryan Gaydos at Fox News reports that Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah has been suspended from Instagram after she posted videos of her races to the service.

Thompson-Herah won gold medals in both the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints at the Tokyo Olympics. However, when she posted clips of those races to her Instagram she received copyright complaints from the Olympics, which resulted in her getting a two-day ban from the service.

However, it doesn’t appear that the suspension has done much to dampen her spirits, as she took to Twitter to explain the situation and confirmed she posted the videos without the needed rights.

2: Tony Hawk Tried To Do Olympic Skateboarding Commentary On IG But Got Threatened With Copyright Infringement And Stopped

Next up today, Bill Difilippo at Uproxx reports that legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk had his own issues with the Olympics and Instagram, as a planned livestream of him doing commentary on some events was cancelled due to copyright issues.

Hawk announced on his Instagram stories that he planned on doing “companion” commentary on Women’s Street Finals at the Olympics. However, he posted later that he “got shut down for copyright infringement” as he didn’t have a license to stream the event.

Hawk is already a commentator for NBC for Olympic skateboarding, but this was going to be outside those duties and on his Instagram. Though his live stream was cancelled, it does not appear he was suspended from the service for it.

3: DISH & Sling Sue Pirate Sites For Circumventing Sports Stream DRM

Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that DISH Network and Sling have filed a lawsuit against four unlicensed sports streaming websites, accusing them of bypassing technological protections used to prevent copyright infringement.

The lawsuit was filed in Texas and targets the “SportsBay” family of sites. However, the lawsuit itself focuses on the sites’ circumvention of digital rights management tools, which is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

As such, DISH and Sling are seeking an injunction restraining the sites from circumventing any DRM technology they control in the future and are seeking control of the sites’ domains.

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