Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Five "alternative" ways to watch the Olympics

This blog has a list of sites which may or may not post videos of the Beijing Olympics. From New TeeVee: "... The IOC is aware of this problem and is trying to address it by posting authorized videos on YouTube. Too bad these clips won’t be accessible to folks in the United States. So where will U.S. Olympians go? Hard to say, to be honest. There’s a plethora of options out there, ranging from Chinese P2P services to torrent sites. However, previous sports events, ranging from the recent Euro Cup soccer contest to your regular NBA game, can give us a first idea of what kind of pirate platforms might get the Beijing bump. ..." [Link]

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