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Top Five Theaters Won't Show "The Interview" Sony Cancels Release

Posted by samzenpus on from the nothing-to-see-here dept.

tobiasly writes The country's top five theater chains — Regal Entertainment, AMC Entertainment, Cinemark, Carmike Cinemas and Cineplex Entertainment — have decided not to play Sony's The Interview. This comes after the group which carried off a massive breach of its networks threatened to carry out "9/11-style attacks" on theaters that showed the film. Update: Sony has announced that it has cancelled the planned December 25 theatrical release.

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  1. Supremes never said corps are people ... by perpenso · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Supreme Court never said that corporation are people. That's just a talking point of the left, taken from the post-decision spin of the losing side in the court case.

    All the court really said is that
    (1) Groups of people have the same speech rights as individuals.
    (2) The nature of the group (corporation, labor union, activist group, etc) does not matter.
    (3) Media corporations (i.e. traditional news) have no special rights with respect to speech, all corporations have the same speech rights.