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 others locales in that time zone) to view it.

The way around it, it seems is this site: VIPBox.TV, which announced the live feed with this Tweet:

Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony Live NOW vipbox.tv/watch/62202/1/…
— VIPBox.TV (@vipbox_tv) July 27, 2012

The on-demands sports site is streaming a surprisingly high-quality stream of, what we believe is the live feed for the opening ceremonies. How they are accessing this is unclear.

We know all this because, to verify the story, we needed check out the link. Seeing the video, by the way, is not as simple as clicking the link. VIPBox.TV does ask you to install a proprietary “MPlayer,” which comes with a bunch of crapware that you will want to decline, and it is one of those sites that can turn into a bit of a pop-up monster. In other words, the hoops you have to jump through to get the video may not be worth it.
We’ve since closed the player because, well, we’re not sure this is a legal activity in the U.S. However, if you cannot resist, this link exists. Will NBC shut it down before the 3-hour event ends? That seems possible.













































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