Hacking the Olympics Opening Ceremony

If you're stateside and simply cannot wait to see the 3-hour-long London Olympics Opening Ceremony, there is a way to view it right now.

First of all, you should know that NBC has all the video rights for the event and is holding the very British ceremony video until 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (west coasters have to wait even longer). What this means is that you cannot, legally, view the extravaganza in the U.S. until NBC airs it.

Now, Mashable does not condone pirating content, but we cannot ignore the fact that the world is Tweeting live screen grabs and reactions to the London Olympics opening ceremony, when they cannot possibly be there or anywhere near Great Britain (and o…
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