In this title, Sony: No online service has ‘stepped forward’ to distribute The Interview, Sony is caught in a blatant lie.
2600 has offered their services, I have offered to assist them posting the file on a Torrent server, 4chan has offered, BitTorrent, and others have made the offer.
Crackle is reportedly the leading contender. FYI, I created a Crackle.com account today, just in case.
Perhaps the title would be more accurate if they said “If we can’t earn some money, we’re not going to post it. We really don’t mean for free, that was self-serving, disingenuous and a lie.”
Perhaps they want to post it to NetFlix and earn a teensy bit of money, or iTunes, or someplace else that charges so Sony can get a cut.
I mean, the publicity on this movie is out the roof. Everybody is talking about it and everybody is going to want to see it, but nobody wants to chance a lawsuit by hosting it physically.
So… Sony is looking for “approved” hosts, most likely pay sources, eh? Is it too difficult for them to say that?
Is this Corporate greed? Is this the MPAA gone wild (once again)? Is Sony money-grubbing?
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) must know they’re sitting on a potential goldmine, they just do not know how to capitalize outside the conventional theater system. SPE is being forced to ‘think outside the box’ and that is something they’re not used to. *gasp* They also know the instant the movie becomes available for download it will uploaded to a Torrent file server almost simultaneously.
As for the physical threats, a Torrent file is the safest. There is no concrete and mortar associated with Torrent files, so safety is obviously not their main concern.
Sony really means no Pay-for-View has stepped forward and offered their services.
It’s a new world, ladies and gentlemen, and Sony has no balls.
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