Public discussion Sony Pictures hack

1 public discussion

1.1 reporting on hack
1.2 pulling interview
1.3 outside united states

public discussion
about reporting on hack

in december 2014, sony requested media stop covering hack. sony threatened legal action if media did not comply, according law professor eugene volokh, sony s legal threats unlikely prevail . sony threatened legal action against twitter if did not suspend accounts of people posted hacked material. american screenwriter aaron sorkin wrote op-ed new york times opining media helping hackers publishing , reporting on leaked information. on december 18, reddit took unusual step of banning subpage called sonygop being used distribute hacked files.

about pulling interview

the threats made directly @ sony on interview seen many threat on free speech. decision pull film criticized several hollywood filmmakers, actors, , television hosts, including ben stiller, steve carell, rob lowe, jimmy kimmel , judd apatow. commentators contrasted situation non-controversial release of 2004 team america: world police, film mocked leadership of north korea s prior leader, kim jong-il. alamo drafthouse poised replace showings of interview team america until film s distributor paramount pictures ordered theaters stop.

in light of threats made sony on interview, new regency cancelled march 2015 production plans film adaptation of graphic novel pyongyang: journey in north korea, set star steve carell. hustler announced intentions make pornographic parody film of interview. hustler founder larry flynt said, if kim jong-un , henchmen upset before, wait till see movie re going make .

outside united states

in china, media coverage of hackings has been limited, including in search engines except google, has given out 36 million results. hua chunying, spokeswoman of foreign affairs, shied away directly addressing sony hacking situation. on december 25, 2014, russia offered sympathy north korea, saying quite understandable north korea upset on film. russia said american threats of retaliation counterproductive , dangerous , , did not provide proof of hacked sony.