Count to ten...
...and the information of everybody who downloads the film will end up on pastebin...
In a shining example of how high culture* will always defeat the jackboot tactics of oppressive states like North Korea, the Seth Rogen/James Franco film The Interview is now available for viewing via multiple online streaming services. Google and Microsoft both announced that the flick – which surely cannot be any more …
..is how all films should be, period. I'd rather pay £5 (well, ideally £3) to watch a film at home on my telly (or more likely my computer, which has better sound setup and colour calibration....) than £8, and then £2 for popcorn, £2 for a drink, etc, in a room filled with braying retards who all deserve to die.
And by that, I mean the average cinemagoer.
But then, this isn't to defend the film. I mean, Seth Rogen? About as funny as an industrial accident involving thinners, pornography and a circular saw. Eugh.
Steven R
So, Sony, the NK's and the US government are all in a free-for-all right now. The hijackers* have been silent. Are they worried? Or sizing up their next target? Or will everyone who streams the video now be attacked?
We need a popcorn icon for when we want to sit back and watch what happens next.
*Sorry, I'm old school and hacker was a term of pride once.
@Mark 85
I read the hacker/data thief has already shot the wad. Dumped all the data in one go. The hack was done to embarrass Sony, this shit storm over the film is media manufactured, and the 3 letter gangs are slurping it up. I don't think this is a state attack. Maybe Sony needs to look within.
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As AC pointed out ~two hours ago, Sony likely will make far more money going the release it, cancel it, select release it route than if they'd released it "for real" as originally planned. As I type the local news station is reporting that our independent "art house" theater will be showing _The Interview_ tomorrow (25th) as a way to stand up for artistic freedom. So yay, good for them, I am sure they will sell out every showing they have ("U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!") and they deserve some gravy for their good work bringing quality (and enjoyably "kwality") films to the community over the years. This is happening in other towns as well, so the one diamond in an otherwise turd sandwich has been found, hallelujah.
However.
I'd feel MUCH better about the whole episode if the movie involved were worth the effort. Plenty of films have been made that have been censored, un-distributed, and otherwise kept from the public eye, and many of those likely have something to say (agree, disagree, but at least a discussion has been started). I just can't shake the sense of wasted opportunity, or the vague uneasy feeling that we've all been played, said Alice to herself, stating the obvious.
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>Sounds like your using BT. Ditch them and get a real ISP!
Not in the UK, but living with my parents for now (until I get my own place again) and they only got bad 3G connection with download quotas and that is the best connection they got. Iceland in general has download quotas (in downloads outside Iceland) and I do consider that a bad thing, but they are worst at Siminn that now has download quotas on every (inside and outside Iceland) they sell and in many places (smaller towns) the only way to get 50Mpbs speed to is to deal with them. There largest package has 3TB download limit, but it counts both UL/DL in it, so it burns up fast for any active internet user.
Why would you want to do that in the first place is beyond me. A fabricated bomb threat or five about My Little Pony 45: return of the brightly-coloured dragonfly would not have me buy it either -or watch it for free, for that matter.