Sony pulls the plug on "The Interview"

N.KOREA BEHIND SONY HACK: FBI

North Korea was responsible for a "destructive" cyber attack on Sony Pictures, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday, warning it would hunt down the perpetrators and make them pay.

"Such acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior," the FBI said in a statement, adding it would "identify, pursue, and impose costs and consequences on individuals, groups, or nation states who use cyber means to threaten the United States or US interests."


Source : Sapa-AFP /gm
Date : 19 Dec 2014 19:07
 
Cray said:
Maybe that's why the US commits so many human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay, when in Rome....
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Two separate issues. But even US human rights violations in Gitmo pale in comparison to what the opposition do or have done in the past.
 
crackersa said:
FBI confirmed north korean hack..

interested to see Japan's reaction
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Japanese keep a low profile but probably tell Sony USA how to respond. It is after all Japan which is in the firing line of NK and Sony is a Japanese company and brand.
 
Space_Chief said:
Two separate issues. But even US human rights violations in Gitmo pale in comparison to what the opposition do or have done in the past.
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Not really, considering the torture report that just came out it's kinda difficult for the US to take any kind of moral high ground when it comes to human rights.
 
OrbitalDawn said:
What's the modern meaning?
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Depends on the context and country. In Oz it means the conservatives. In US its used as a derogatory term for democrats.

In this context, it means the ****ty government didn't force Sony to show the movie and didn't call up the national guard to force people to watch it....basically these libtards let everybody do what they thought was in their best interest.....now how fscked up is that?
 
marine1 said:
I would bet my left ball that the Obam bam admin had some input into this. This isnt something that just happens, do you know how much money Sony will lose because of this?
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Please PM me so we can discuss delivery/collection of your left ball. See below..... From your fave news network


Obama says Sony made 'mistake' in nixing movie release, vows US response to cyber-attack


President Obama said Friday he thinks Sony "made a mistake" in choosing not to release "The Interview" in the wake of the devastating hacking attack which he blamed on North Korea, while vowing that the U.S. "will respond."*

The president addressed the breach, at a year-end press conference, for the first time since Sony Pictures Entertainment canceled its high-profile movie release. He also spoke shortly after the FBI formally blamed Kim Jong Un's regime for the cyber-attack.*

More here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/19/obama-closing-2014-with-year-end-news-conference/

On another article:

he president also scolded Sony Pictures for pulling back the movie “The Interview” after a cyber attack that his administration is blaming on North Korea.

“I think they made a mistake,” the president said. “I wish they would have spoken to me first. I would have told them, ‘Do not get into a pattern where you are intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks.’ ”

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/2...ba-north-korea-news-conference.html?referrer=
 
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imranpanji said:
Please PM me so we can discuss delivery/collection of your left ball. See below..... From your fave news network
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My prediction is that Marine will be curiously absent from this thread going forward, just like all the others when his bold statements turn out to be complete and utter bollocks.
 
i'm still pissed off that my freedom of expression and freedom of choice is being constrained.

@gary - great pics! stole a couple :D
 
Sony 'will not drop' North Korea film The Interview

Sony Pictures says it is looking at different ways to release the film satire the Interview, after scrapping its opening following a cyber-attack blamed on North Korea.

It said it had only cancelled the film's Christmas Day release after cinemas pulled out.

The company said it was "surveying alternatives to enable us to release the movie on a different platform".

US President Barack Obama said it "made a mistake" cancelling the release.

"We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship in the United States," he said.

He also vowed to "respond" to the cyber-attack in a "manner that we choose".

The FBI has said that North Korea was responsible for the hack, but Pyongyang denies this. The Interview depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

'Not caved'
Responding to the president's comments, Sony Pictures chief executive and chairman Michael Lynton told CNN it had not made an error in pulling the film.

"We have not caved, we have not given in, we have persevered and we have not backed down," he said.

A Sony statement said the decision not to go ahead with the Christmas Day release was based on "the majority of the nation's theatre owners choosing not to screen the film".

"Let us be clear - the only decision that we have made with respect to release of the film was not to release it on Christmas Day in theatres, after the theatre owners declined to show it," the statement added.

"Without theatres, we could not release it in the theatres on Christmas Day. We had no choice.

"It is still our hope that anyone who wants to see this movie will get the opportunity to do so."

Script details, salary data and private email correspondence were leaked in the wake of November's huge cyber attack.

Hackers then issued a warning referring to the 11 September 2001 terror attacks, saying "the world will be full of fear" if The Interview was screened.

North Korea earlier this month denied involvement in the hack - but praised the attack itself as a "righteous deed".

An article in the state-run KCNA news agency, quoting the country's top military body, said suggestions that Pyongyang was behind the attack were "wild rumour".

The movie features James Franco and Seth Rogen as two journalists who are granted an audience with Mr Kim.

The CIA then enlists the pair to assassinate him.

The film's cancelled release drew criticism in Hollywood, with some calling it an attack on the freedom of expression.

Actor George Clooney told the trade website Deadline on Thursday the film should be released online, saying Hollywood should not be threatened by North Korea.
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