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« on: December 17, 2014, 09:19:07 PM »

http://news.yahoo.com/top-theater-chains-cancel-interview-showings-202953682--finance.html

I am shocked that it has come to this. I am saddened that it is so easy for criminals to suppress a movie because they don't like its politics. Sickening.
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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2014, 11:08:43 PM »

I'm going to buy a copy of the DVD, just to spite Kim Jong!!!!
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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2014, 05:16:56 AM »

Sony is planning a VOD-Release, but knowing Rogen and Franco they might just leak it BounceGiggle
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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2014, 05:34:55 AM »

This is crazy town.  The whole story.  Crazy...
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« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2014, 08:00:02 AM »

Hackers really don't like Sony for some reason.  Or maybe their security is just the worst?

Kind of funny, I posted a bass guitar cover of Fever by Peggy Lee on Youtube and within 30 minutes Sony had it blocked in umpteen countries.  Maybe they should take some of the money they spend monitoring Youtube and spend it on securing their network instead?  Just a thought  Smile
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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2014, 08:11:32 AM »

I'm wondering if Sony didn't create all this nonsense themselves to stir up talk over what might have been the box office bomb of the year?  Question
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« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2014, 10:12:13 AM »

Hackers really don't like Sony for some reason.  Or maybe their security is just the worst?

Kind of funny, I posted a bass guitar cover of Fever by Peggy Lee on Youtube and within 30 minutes Sony had it blocked in umpteen countries.  Maybe they should take some of the money they spend monitoring Youtube and spend it on securing their network instead?  Just a thought  Smile
Most of the time it isn't even Sony that's doing that, but Youtube itself without Sony knowing about it.
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« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2014, 10:51:57 AM »

Hackers really don't like Sony for some reason.  Or maybe their security is just the worst?

Kind of funny, I posted a bass guitar cover of Fever by Peggy Lee on Youtube and within 30 minutes Sony had it blocked in umpteen countries.  Maybe they should take some of the money they spend monitoring Youtube and spend it on securing their network instead?  Just a thought  Smile
Most of the time it isn't even Sony that's doing that, but Youtube itself without Sony knowing about it.

Yeah I don't know how that works, they just sent me this:

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Due to a copyright claim, your YouTube video has been blocked in some countries. This means that your video is still up on YouTube, but people in some countries may not be able to watch it.

Video title: Fever bass cover
Copyrighted song: Fever
Claimed by: SME, UMG, Made In etaly, [Merlin] Phonofile

I don't know how four different outfits can all own the copyright for the same song lol.
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« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2014, 12:54:33 PM »

No 'Interview' ... on any platform.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/12/17/sony-hack-the-interview/20519545/

Though there is still the possibility that they could sell it to another, smaller distributor.
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« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2014, 12:57:01 PM »

Huge victory for terrorists and extortionists, it should give them a lot of comfort and confidence. Expect more of this kind of thing.  Bluesad
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2014, 06:39:46 PM »

This is crazy town.  The whole story.  Crazy...

Yup. Sad times.
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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2014, 02:05:09 PM »

anything that prohibits the release of a movie starring seth rogen is cool with me.

seriously though, I have doubts we have been told anything about what this really is or who is behind it. the 'attacks' came from computers in Thailand for a start.
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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2014, 03:27:10 PM »

Sounds like Sony may be having a change of heart.
http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/12/20/is-sony-changing-their-mind-on-the-interview-2531329?lt_source=external,manual,manual
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Don't say President Obama never did anything for you because apparently yesterday Sony issued a statement that it was "actively surveying alternatives to enable us to release the movie (The Interview) on a different platform, It is still our hope that anyone who wants to see this movie will get the opportunity to do so.”

After President Barak Obama made a statement saying he thought Sony "made a mistake" and "I wish [Sony] had spoken to me first. I would have told them do not get into a pattern where you’re intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks" it seems that Sony are slowly changing their tune.

George Clooney also echoed the remarks of many and urged Sony to put it online. Will the internet be where The Interview finally finds an audience?

The Interview stars Seth Rogen and James Franco and is about two chat show producers being tasked with the assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

This whole saga has played out in a very strange way. A few anonymous computer geeks, over a, no doubt, completely dumb comedy, makes us question our online security, forces a massive corporation to lose 100s of million in opening revenue and embarrasses so many of the top brass in the process and the even get President of the US to address the issue. It gets even weirder, especially as now the North Korean government are saying they didn't support the hackers and are looking to help America in their investigation. What will happen next?!
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« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2014, 03:54:50 PM »

Sounds like Sony may be having a change of heart.
http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/12/20/is-sony-changing-their-mind-on-the-interview-2531329?lt_source=external,manual,manual
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Don't say President Obama never did anything for you because apparently yesterday Sony issued a statement that it was "actively surveying alternatives to enable us to release the movie (The Interview) on a different platform, It is still our hope that anyone who wants to see this movie will get the opportunity to do so.”

After President Barak Obama made a statement saying he thought Sony "made a mistake" and "I wish [Sony] had spoken to me first. I would have told them do not get into a pattern where you’re intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks" it seems that Sony are slowly changing their tune.

George Clooney also echoed the remarks of many and urged Sony to put it online. Will the internet be where The Interview finally finds an audience?

The Interview stars Seth Rogen and James Franco and is about two chat show producers being tasked with the assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

This whole saga has played out in a very strange way. A few anonymous computer geeks, over a, no doubt, completely dumb comedy, makes us question our online security, forces a massive corporation to lose 100s of million in opening revenue and embarrasses so many of the top brass in the process and the even get President of the US to address the issue. It gets even weirder, especially as now the North Korean government are saying they didn't support the hackers and are looking to help America in their investigation. What will happen next?!



To me, unless it's publicly exhibited in a theater, they caved. I blame the exhibitors as much as Sony.
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« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2014, 04:04:47 PM »

I blame the lawyers.
Since Cinemark is being sued over the Colorado theater shooting - as if they had a shred of control over the actions of a random psychopath! - any theater showing THE INTERVIEW is terrified of a hoarde of lawyers suing them out of business if, God forbid, something did happen while the movie was playing.
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