This year will see far more streams and other resources for folks wanting to catch the Olympics online. Some are legal, and many many more are not.
The first and easiest way, for an American, is to logon to NBC or MSNBC’s Olympic site and simply click the ‘Video’ section. NBC is showing 2,400 hours of coverage online (starting today with Women’s Soccer, eventhough the opening ceremony is still 48 hours away). To watch online will require the Microsoft program Silverlight (free) which works on Windows and Mac (not sure about the LINUX version just yet).
Youtube will have some Olympic coverage for folks in Africa and South America.
Then there is the option of http://www.myp2p.eu. These are peer to peer TV program links, requiring you to download Sopcast or TVAnts. It will be interesting to see how long these sites stay online and whether their feeds get interfered with by the authorities.
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