While the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 does focus a considerable number of its regulations on advertising near events, no portion of the Act reduces or limits the rights ascribed to creators in the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
The Olympics do have sponsors ("partners"). Coca-Cola, for one, have sponsored the Olympics for almost 100 years. The link below contains a very brief history of Olympic sponsorship.
Their sponsors.
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Yes they get paid by their sponsors and olympic partners
There are sponsors who pay for the Olympics close to 70 sponsors have expressed interest. As the British official believes the internet is the best platform for communication among youth. For the first time in modern Olympic history, the Beijing Games was in part sponsored by an internet service company. If this isn't enough then go to Beijing 2008 Olympics website and where it says site search type in sponsors and you will get a whole list...
No. The athletes have sponsors and donations to help pay for the costs.
There are lots of different ones, the ones I know are:asicsvoltarensustagenplaysafeelastoplast sporthealth mgleukobio-organicsamlink events interactive2XUnetwork tenathletics internationalcommonwealth games associationAustralian olympic committeeAustralian paralympic committee
The sponsors for the show pay for the work.
Tom's family supported him along with the GB team and trainer and his sponsors.
There's no reason they can't both be winners (and losers).
The hosting country, corporate sponsors (Nike, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Visa, etc), and donors pay for the cost of holding the Olympics, which they hope to recoup by increased tourism, advertising, and state-of-the-art sports facilities.