Sony cancels The Interview after hacker threats

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Sony cancels The Interview after hacker threats

Under the threat of terrorist attacks from hackers and with the nation’s largest multiplex chains pulling the film from their screens, Sony Pictures Entertainment took the unprecedented step of canceling the Dec. 25 release of the Seth Rogen comedy “The Interview.”

 

[Chevron]

Wow. That's a huge loss for Sony.

 

[hellfire]

And a huge win for terrorists (N. Korea)

 

[marine1]

And a huge win for terrorists (N. Korea)

And who is to blame??? Liberal PC idiots ruining the world one disaster at a time

 

[Ancalagon]

Sony has done some questionable things in their time, but they don't deserve this. Nobody does.

They should just nuke North Korea from orbit. Get it over with, wipe them off the planet.

Or capture their leader and force him to watch the movie for 48 hours straight.

 

[mika1000]

stop using the cloud

 

[Chevron]

stop using unsecure cloud

FTFY.

 

[Segg]

Sony has done some questionable things in their time, but they don't deserve this. Nobody does.

They should just nuke North Korea from orbit. Get it over with, wipe them off the planet.

Or capture their leader and force him to watch the movie for 48 hours straight.

Or even better, broadcast it with Korean Voice Over into the DPRK, they still use analogue don't they?

 

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I think Sony should write off the production costs and "open-source" the movie. Make it free for download and distribution. That way everyone wins. The movie gets seen by magnitudes more people than would have seen it, defeating the intent behind North Korea's entire intent and at the same time, I get to sit at home on my comfy couch with my popcorn that cost me less then R10 and pause the movie whenever I want. Win-win.

 

[kingrob]

North Korea 1, USA 0

 

[kingrob]

I think Sony should write off the production costs and "open-source" the movie. Make it free for download and distribution. That way everyone wins. The movie gets seen by magnitudes more people than would have seen it, defeating the intent behind North Korea's entire intent and at the same time, I get to sit at home on my comfy couch with my popcorn that cost me less then R10 and pause the movie whenever I want. Win-win.

Sony only spent $42m on it, which is small fish compared to other movies. Not a big loss for them.

The big loss is for the USA, who seem scared of these hackers.

 

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Sony only spent $42m on it, which is small fish compared to other movies. Not a big loss for them.

The big loss is for the USA, who seem scared of these hackers.

You just have to mention 9/11 and the whole country goes into lock down, in this case their cinemas did

 

[kingrob]

You just have to mention 9/11 and the whole country goes into lock down, in this case their cinemas did

True.

These hackers must be partying right now, because they managed to scare the crap out of a whole country.

 

[satanboy]

‘The Interview’ Is The Highest-Rated Movie On IMDb

hahaha!

 

[zippy]

Sony will be screening the movie after all http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30589472

The North Korea comedy film that had its Christmas Day launch cancelled after a major cyber attack and threats against US cinema-goers is now to get a limited theatrical release, Sony says.

The Interview will be shown in some independent US cinemas on Thursday.

Sony Chairman Michael Lynton said he was "excited" that the comedy, about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, would now be seen.

Two cinemas in Atlanta and Austin have already revealed screenings.

They said via social media that Sony Pictures had authorised them to show the film, which has been at the centre of escalating tensions between the US and North Korea.

"Breaking news," tweeted Tim League, founder of the Alamo Drafthouse cinema in Austin.

"Sony has authorized screenings of THE INTERVIEW on Christmas Day. We are making shows available within the hour."

The White House welcomed the development, with a spokesman saying that President Barack Obama applauded Sony's decision and that the US was a country that "believes in free speech".

Seth Rogen, the film's director, tweeted: "The people have spoken! Freedom has prevailed! Sony didn't give up!"

It's probably a load of crap that nobody would have wanted to see. But now...

And North Korea's Internet is still suffering from problems :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30591219

North Korea appears to have suffered a second internet blackout, according to internet performance measuring firm Dyn Research.

On its Twitter feed, the firm reported a second outage this afternoon - which was restored less than an hour later.

"Internet of North Korea down again at 15.41 UTC. Second blackout since last night's restoration of service," the tweet read.

The first outage saw large parts of the internet unavailable in North Korea.

Officials have not yet commented on the issue.

Speculation is rife about the source of the blackouts, following a cyber security row with the US.