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Sony To Release the Interview Online Today; Apple Won't Play Ball
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports: "Sony Pictures is to distribute its film The Interview online, after a cyber-attack and a row over its release. The film will be offered on a dedicated website — seetheinterview.com — as well as via Google and Microsoft services." Notably absent among the services to provide The Interview is Apple. The New York Times reports: "According to people briefed on the matter, Sony had in recent days asked the White House for help in lining up a single technology partner — Apple, which operates iTunes — but the tech company was not interested, at least not on a speedy time table. An Apple spokesman declined to comment. "
Everyone should watch this movie just as an act of patriotism.
Actually, most notably not in the list is Netflix. The number one streaming service on the planet doesn't have it. That's the big story here.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
urls are hard, innit...
Enough about Innocence of Muslims.
Anybody know anything about that Sony hack?
should be on the torrent sites in time for Christmas?
- In Soviet Korea, only old people loose all their bases to Natalie Portman's petrified hot grits overlords.
Uh, how about you release it on the Playstation Network, Sony?
I bought the full version in HD. Because 'Merica! WOLVERINES!
I see the focus was on Apple, but has Amazon weighed in?
If the Interview was an overpriced anal dildo Apple would have pushed hard for an early release...
I Would Rather:
Circumcise myself with a chainsaw.
Masturbate with a garlic hammer.
Gouge out my eyeballs with an ice cream scoop then rinse out the sockets with battery acid.
Watch the Den & Angie episode on a continuous loop.
Braid my own pubic hair. Then garotte myself with it.
Political debates have me rolling my eyes so much I think I got optical whiplash. I should sue. - Foamy The Squirrel
"While we do hope to see the release of The Interview across the globe, for the time being this is limited to the USA only. You can only purchase the movie with a US card, and can only stream it from a US IP address."
Grrr. How will the North Koreans see it and get angrier?
Sony gets hacked because of their movie, then decides to release the movie through the very platform that caused them angst...the internet. Ballsy move, Sony!
Duh!!! Does Apple really want shakeup an already tenuous "blessing" by the Chinese government? Never mind the fact the Chinese App store is mucked up and certain featured not available. That's a BILLION consumer potential market they don't want to miss out on.
Life is not for the lazy.
Great thinking Sony. Complain about apple and you can't even get it onto your own network.
sony shareholders: isn't it time for new leadership? 10+ years past-time? WAKE THE F UP.
Of Apple and major movie theaters. Don't watch this movie if it does not appeal to you, but know where to spend your money in future.
Instead they cowardly said "we surrender", then changed their mind when they realized how everyone thought they were weak, cowards giving in to terrorists rather than responsible businessmen avoiding lawsuits.
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for say $4 with out DRM I'd buy it and many others. Gimme old releases for $2 and I wont even bother with torrents to download whats in my 800+ dvd's I'll just pay for it agai and if I lose it, so be it, its so cheap I'll just re buy it. If I'm out of town and need to watch a movie but already have it at home, for $2 I'd pay for it again.
by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
A second rate movie that would have been lucky to break even on its own will now be a major money maker for Sony.
Will we never learn (but kudos to the Sony marketing department for thinking of it first!)
Right out of the playbook of "how do you market a shitty movie that has been panned by critics left and right so people would STILL want to see it, no matter how big a stinker it may be".
It's almost like they hired Uwe Boll as consultant.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
"Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my partâ
Why should Apple make people work Christmas (most core Apple employees have the week off) because Sony finally came around to the ethical course of action? Sounds like a great thing to have decided WEEKS AGO.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
To remind you how scummy Sony is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The Sony BMG CD copy protection rootkit scandal of 2005–2007 concerns deceptive, illegal, and potentially harmful copy protection measures implemented by Sony BMG on about 22 million CDs. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software which provided a form of digital rights management (DRM) by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Both programs could not be easily uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware. Sony claims this was unintentional. One of the programs installed even if the user refused its EULA, and it "phoned home" with reports on the user's private listening habits; the other was not mentioned in the EULA at all, contained code from several pieces of open-source software in an apparent infringement of copyright, and configured the operating system to hide the software's existence, leading to both programs being classified as rootkits.
Sony BMG initially denied that the rootkits were harmful. It then released, for one of the programs, an "uninstaller" that only un-hid the program, installed additional software which could not be easily removed, collected an email address from the user, and introduced further security vulnerabilities.=====
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
So glad Apple isn't playing ball here. It sucks to get all excited about new apps or media only to find I can't have it because I haven't paid my Apple tax. Boo on the government on trying to make Apple the single technology partner.
I could imagine that Apple has a list of Sony movies that they would like to sell / rent out on the iTunes store but don't have a license, and "The Interview" isn't near the top of the list.
Kim Jung-un has:
* Inherited a position and country that was already hated.
* Behaved as expected of his culture.
* Never been known for harming anyone outside of his own country.
* Suffered insults in nearly every report about him for as long as he has lived.
* Had the majority of information about him relayed through South Korea, a hostile country.
My understanding of the North Korean culture is that the whole system works by deifying their leader. Propaganda is extremely important. With the world seemingly against their administration, it makes sense that things that trickled into their country would be highly censored. It would be stupid of them not to censor it since it could lead to unrest, civil war, doom, destruction, death, fire, lack of bacon.... and other bad things.
South Korea has already mentioned plans to take this film, put it on dvd, and float balloons across the border to incite rebellion in the population. By trying to prevent the movie from being distributed at all, North Korea is essentially trying to avoid anarchy caused by external propaganda.
Why are we so eager to overthrow their regime? Is democracy so sacred that we must ~force~ it on every country around the world? What business is it of the US (and Hollywood) to decide what is the best system? What they have there is what developed in that region. It is a system that won out over the infighting to unite their country. It might not fit our definition of "fair" for the population, but that's only our definition. It's our own view that we're extending upon them, a culture that has had to isolate itself just to keep together.
I for one will NOT be watching this film. I find the comedic insults of a leader and the trivialization of his death is in extremely poor taste, especially since he has done no wrong to me nor anyone I know. "Live and let live" is supposed to be a phrase that the citizens of the US are pushed to believe and follow, especially recently with anti-bullying and gay marriage. This film and the common national support for it spits in the face of that mantra.
Sony had in recent days asked the White House for help in lining up a single technology partner - Apple, which operates iTunes
I'm not even sure how to react to this. Why is it that Sony, a private company, feels that the White House, the executive branch of the United States federal government, should help them seek out a technology partner? This bothers me on multiple levels. One, that Sony would feel it appropriate to ask the White House for help conducting their private corporate business. Two, that Sony expects the White House to have that level of influence over Apple, another private company.
I understand that money buys influence, and that Hollywood and Silicon Valley both historically have Democrats in their pockets (full disclosure, I voted for Obama twice, I'm not attacking Democrats). That said, I don't understand how Sony is so brazen as to assume that they can just call up the White House, ask for help, and suddenly Apple is going to capitulate to their demands. Their line of thinking goes in this direction for a reason. Either Sony has successfully coerced companies into similar relations in the past, with the White House as a mediator, or vice versa.
Sony is a corporation. Apple is a corporation. In my own experience, executives have each others' contact information and can get in touch with one another directly. I guarantee you that Sony executives have the private numbers to Apple executives, and it's up to them to work out a deal. There is absolutely no reason for Sony to involve the government in their appeals to establish a business relationship. It's corporate prostitution at the highest and most obvious level. Government "transparency," indeed.
The entire premise is disgusting to me. I for one will not be paying to see this movie on any medium.
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
Sony isn't even streaming it on their own service for PS3/PS4!!! What are they thinking?
Don't they let the whole staff off for the holidays? You certainly can't submit any app updates.
Anyone that has EVERY put anything out with Apple -- Apps, Books, Music, Movies -- knows that Apple sends an email several weeks in advanced telling that they are going into a freeze for a week or two EVERY YEAR. They let their people go on vacation and spend time with the family and all that shit.
This was sent out in November: http://www.macstories.net/news...
Guess what? It takes about a week from the time Apple gets a movie until they post it. They do a QA check on it, and make certain the ratings are correct and ask that the folks on the other side to verify the same. The quickest this happens is about a week. And now Sony wants Apple to order their employees back in from their vacation, all the while not putting this up on either of their two services.
I know /. hates Apple these days (I was around when /. loved them) but damn...
Dont really want to give sony my credit card number, since they get hacked once a quarter
duh
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Dear Sony: Could you please do the sequel in Gambia.
Care killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
aaand... it's out. google play.
$5 rent and $14 buy. as of 10:00 am CST
More like: Apple sets a new standard for limp wristed gutlessness. That's how it comes across. Tim, your move.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Since they aren't offering to sell it to those of us who live outside the US anyway, I guess they won't be offended if I pirate it.
Ta, Sony.
I hope I get a chance to kick you morons' asses in hell. You fucknuts, risking anything even war to show a movie that should never have been made. As for now, I will have to settle for suing you derelicts into oblivion. Also, this just in; Your mothers wear expensive combat boots. YOU IDIOTS
I wouldn't be giving these cowards my money even if I was able to (I'm Canadian). This entire story has been shameful. When did the USA stop being the land of the brave? Everyone knows your weakness now. Scare you a little bit and you'll do whatever anyone wants, the least of which being handing over all your freedoms to the government.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
They made an adaptation for online viewing called "The Interview online"?
Oh, I see. "Online" is not part of the film's title, but we italicized it as well for some reason.
One of the sites allowing people to 'rent' the movie had a few problems with the implementation, allowing people to share the URL with anyone, as well as just save the movie file from their browser.
I was expecting people to be able to just record the screen and then post it to teh torrents, but that turned out unnecessary as a prefect quality 1080p file has been available since yesterday.
It was as bad as I expected.
Jesus Christ, don't you people recognize a staged marketing gimmick when you see one?
You all probably also believed that Skeletor really did take over Honda's twitter account a couple of weeks ago.
Idiots.
Come on Sony, do you have the courage to distribute via your own entertainment network, or are you going to leave your PS customers out in the cold?
Fricken hackers hacked Sony I guess. So we can't watch on our TV! B.S!!!!
Everyone should watch this movie just as an act of patriotism.
It's utter B.S. that my comment has been marked as flamebait, which means it was not sincere. You may not agree with me, but I am completely sincere in my feeling of wanting to support this movie just on the basis of it being a target of repression of freedom of speech.
Good job Apple. Keep your Chinese buddies happy and don't stream the movie. We know they're buddies with North Korea and would prefer the movie isn't shown also. Since they make you billions of dollars by allowing you to use their children and their slave labor, stand by them instead of free speech. Good job Apple. Once again showing that you are now the Big Brother that you once claimed to stand against. Apple is evil. Toss the sledgehammer directly through the Apple logo.
Let's see if it does.
Oh Say Can You See. And just after Apple Christmas break ended too, huh! Who would have thought it. Oh wait, I did.
I guess it's YOU who are the "special little snowflake" emphasis on Special... do you ever get tired of being totally unable to predict easily predicted events? Isn't it kind o hard to live life where every single thing that happens is a total surprise and against your instincts?
As always, ignoring responses from idiots. You can guess what I will do with your response.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
What has the Whitehouse got to do with lining up a hosting partner for Sony in this?
We should change our mantra to one of separation of corporate, church, and state.
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