First, Sony has pulled the release of The Interview, a comedy about the assassination of Kim Jong Un that was believed to be the original reason for the hack. To be fair, it's not in response to the hack as such: Sony is responding to terrorist threats made against theaters, some of which then decided not to screen the film themselves.
Surprisingly, a significant response to that has been that it's a bad precedent - to put it mildly. With all sorts of responses proposed:
- Mitt Romney and Slate (and probably others) suggests that Sony release the movie for free online.
- The Alamo Drafthouse is showing Team America: World Police
- On social media, people post recommendations to purchase the film when it comes out (online, presumably, although Sony has said that it's not planning any release at all.)
- The death scene has been leaked
Coincidentally, the U.S. federal government has officially named North Korea as the source of the hack. President Obama and others, meanwhile, have said the terrorist threats are not credible.
Nonetheless, there's a the sense of agreement, of being on the same side, that makes this time feel different, like something real might be happening. Not sure what....
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