<p>“The weird thing was that they still had ads about the movie on TV last night. I would have thought they would have put something else in.”</p>
<p>I imagine it was probably too late (though I am not an expert the intricacies on buying time.) I saw one during Jon Stewart. </p>
<p>No, they could easily have pulled the ads if they wanted to since just because you buy the time doesn’t mean you have to air that particular spot, or any spot at all if you’re okay with losing the money.</p>
<p>Hey, I think Cobrat is on to something. The Vanilla Ice suggestion is hilariously appropriate, IMO. When it comes to confronting idiot dictators and ego-maniacal strongmen, I am in the Mel Brooks camp; humiliate them and their ideas with laughter.</p>
<p>But it would first and foremost have to be funny to “humiliate with laughter”. </p>
<p>I guess the North Korean leader missed an opportunity to make even a bigger splash via a defamation lawsuit! </p>
<p>Sony was hacked to the tune of 1.2 billion dollars (probably computers and movies–not sure what included). Not only “The Interview” was stolen but 3 or 4 additional movies yet to be released including “Annie” which is another of their Christmas films. While most of us CC old guys won’t look it up for free on the internet, most of the world does. The hackers goal is/was to put Sony out of business because of “The Interview”. When people got to work the entire computer system (and from what I hear)–the ENTIRE computer system was completely fried. Not good for a movie company.Personal employee data stolen (what doesn’t the HR department know about you?) and released–some employees received e-mail threatening their families if they continued to work. This was not a “marketing ploy”. It was cyber terrorists. It’s scary to think that only a better fire-wall can save you from such and that people always think or rather hope it can’t happen to them. </p>
<p>In addition all production on Sony projects had to stop because Sony couldn’t make money transfers to pay for them. </p>
<p>Absolutely right, gouf.</p>
<p>This Slate article today discussed the extent of the damage to Sony’s IT infrastructure. Scary, and probably every other company out there is reading it carefully and locking their systems up tighter. I just heard that Paramount has banned any commercial showings of Team America that were planned, probably because of fear of similar things happening to them.</p>
<p><a href=“Sony Pictures hack: Why its perpetrators should be called cyberterrorists”>http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/sony_pictures_hack_why_its_perpetrators_should_be_called_cyberterrorists.html</a></p>
<p>I would guess it’s been a major wake-up call and subsequent lock down for most companies no matter what industry… That’s a good thing.
But I feel sorry for Sony (although the movie sounded rash) and especially their employees who find themselves caught in the mess not only with their jobs but identity theft and threats against their families…</p>
<p>I’ve thought about this quite a bit and have a suggestion for Sony. Post the movie online FOR FREE ! Turn it into a real P.R. coup. I realize that economically it’s a major loss but I am guessing a mass viewing would send a clear message that intimidation will not work.</p>
<p>When the bully gets what he wants he always comes back for more.</p>
<p>NOT the topic of this thread so no need to respond (you never are anyways) but electric grids in the US are under constant attack from the Chinese. Can’t wait until the lights go out.
Nighty-night and sweet dreams.</p>
<p>What’s that in response to, gouf?</p>
<p>I’m hoping this movie comes out on DVD soon. Planning on having a … (fill in the blank) you North Korea party where we drink beer and watch the movie. Maybe we’ll ask people to come in costume, though most of the guys we know don’t have enough hair to shape into that terrible hairstyle. </p>
<p>I would have never considered watching this movie otherwise, seems stupid, sounds terrible. But if we’re all in the mood for a party and drinking heavily, it could be a total blast.</p>
<p>Sony has said it is canceling all releases of the picture, including home entertainment. So, apparently, no DVDs.</p>
<p>“Can’t wait until the lights go out.
Nighty-night and sweet dreams.” </p>
<p>You say this like you are looking forward to it. I hope I am misreading your post. </p>
<p>The Slate article is terrifying. I hadn’t realized the full extent of the crime. Scary, scary stuff.</p>
<p>I wonder what the next demand will be that is then caved on. Who will get to determine next what the US and its companies and do and say? Now we know the North Koreans get to dictate our movies, will Isis get to control our music?</p>
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<p>I don’t know how the internals in Sony works, but couldn’t they just run an ad for a different Sony product? </p>
<p>My nighty-night post is ONLY a reminder that we could wake up to this nightmare as a country rather than a single company. Certainly nothing I would EVER wish on any of us! Quite the opposite! I only hope people realize this type of thing can happen as it already has obviously and do what they can to prevent it.</p>