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Olympia Pizza ordered to scrap logo

October 31, 2004

The Globe and Mail: For more than 13 years, Mosi Alvand's pizza place on Denman Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, has proudly displayed the Olympic symbols on its restaurant sign.

But Alvand was in shock yesterday as he tried to digest a letter from the Vancouver Organizing Committee that is cracking down on copyright infringements as it gears up for the 2010 Winter Games. The committee, which is trying to sell sponsorship agreements to help pay for the Games, has ordered Alvand to take down his Olympia Pizza sign.

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