P2P Sites Bring Home Loads of Olympic Gold
Found on Wired on Monday, 11 August 2008
Torrent-tracking site TorrentFreak estimates more than a million users have downloaded the high-definition release of the Olympics opening ceremonies -- perhaps hoping to catch a glimpse of the fake fireworks, the lip-synching girl singer or the dreaded Blue Screen of Death.
Over the weekend, NBC aired its video on a 12-hour delay and tried futilely to scrub unauthorized clips from the internet.
In a statement, NBC said: "We're working with the International Olympic Committee and other companies to ensure the take-down of unauthorized content."
Long gone are the times when olympic games were about sport, fun and for everybody. Today, you just cannot delay such an event for 12 hours just because you can make more cash that way.