It's not such a crazy idea anymore
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30559169

Sony Pictures says it is looking at different ways to release The Interview after scrapping its opening following a cyber-attack blamed on North Korea.

"Without theatres, we could not release it in the theatres on Christmas Day. We had no choice," the statement added.

"It is still our hope that anyone who wants to see this movie will get the opportunity to do so."

See, New distribution without theater owners, and they can't get upset.

On 12/19/2014 6:45 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote:
Wait, Rodman is a Mormon? I thought he was fined $50K for insulting Mormons back in the day. I was kind of hoping he would stay over in N. Korea with his buddy Un, the only person on the planet who thinks of him as a basketball player, not a washed up buffoon. But N. Korea is stuck in 1950, so the Worm must seem like a basketball star from 45 years in the future. I still can�EUR^(TM)t believe that idiot was on the same team with MJ.
*From:* Chuck McCown via Af <mailto:[email protected]>
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Depends on the Mormon, I prefer peyote, 3D HiFi visions, ping time to heaven is in the nanoseconds...
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*From:* Jason Petrillo via Af <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2014 5:08 PM
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Chuck,

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Jason

*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown via Af
*Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2014 3:44 PM
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I heard that Rev Al and Dennis Rodman shot a porno flick with Kim Jong Un and then he got wet feet during post production and sent Dennis and Rev Al into Sony HQ to delete the copy. While the worm was attempting to guess the Sony root password (123456) they got drunk and ACCIDENTALLY shared some files with the rest of the world. They are sorry and Kim Jong is not returning their calls anymore. So it is a big mistake, nothing to see here. Please move along.

*From:*That One Guy via Af <mailto:[email protected]>

*Sent:*Friday, December 19, 2014 11:38 AM

*To:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

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The two big problems with the tinfoil theories like that and the ones I come up with as well are the domestic terrorism issue, that wont go away, somebody will end up dead. The other is Al Sharpton, nobody, for any reason under the sun would open that can.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Nate Burke via Af <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Ok, putting on my Conspiracy theory hat now that the FBI just
    announced that NK is behind the attack, since there's been no
collusion between the gov't and the media industry before..... What if Sony is developing a new Distribution system to bypass
    theaters with new releases.  What better way to get it started
    than to have to use it in a way that does not anger theater
    owners.  'Oh, we have to distribute the movie this way, because
    someone threatened you if we show it at your movie theater'  And
    then, if it completely fails, they can point their finger to North
    Korea who 'Forced them to have to do it this way'  They get to try
    something new without having ANYONE upset with them.  Oh, except
    maybe Seth Rogan.

    Were there any recent Sony Internships that touted 'International
    travel' as part of the perks?

    On 12/17/2014 8:39 PM, Mathew Howard via Af wrote:

        True... it's not really surprising they pulled it, nobody is
        going to want to take on that sort of liability.

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        *From:*Af [[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>]
        on behalf of That One Guy via Af [[email protected]
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        If hackers are involved to the degree they claim, which I
        doubt, the mystery of N Koreas involvment (they do have the
        money to pay for hired hackers) has emboldened them to act
        like warriors.

        Sony already has 2 lawsuits going, for not protecting employee
        data, imagine if something did happen at a theater, even a
        random lunatic with a 9mm, thats alot of liability.

        A "leak" of the movie would be great, they can make their
        money on DMCA suits

        On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Mathew Howard via Af
        <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

            It seems a little odd that a bunch of hackers would even
            threaten that... I would think a more hacker-ish threat
            would be more credible.

            
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            via Af [[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>]
            *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:19 PM
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            How much of a physical violence threat are a bunch of
            hackers though? Not the most threatening demographic from
            that standpoint...

            On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Tushar Patel via Af
            <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                I was thinking on same line but I am sure they must
                have got some credible threat to act like this.

                Tushar


                On Dec 17, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Jason McKemie via Af
                <[email protected] <http://UrlBlockedError.aspx>> wrote:

                    On a side note, I can't believe movie theaters as
                    well as Sony capitulated to these dumbasses in
                    regards to "The Interview".  Isn't that tantamount
                    to negotiating with a terrorist?

                    On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Nate Burke via Af
                    <[email protected] <http://UrlBlockedError.aspx>> wrote:

                        I've only been following loosely with what I
                        hear on the radio, but it sound like there was
                        a lot of data stolen (multiple gig's from the
                        sound of it).  The Last update I heard was
                        that the hack originated from a hotel Wifi
                        connection in china somewhere.  How were they
                        able to transfer that much data in a short
                        enough time that it wasn't discovered and
                        stopped?  Did the hotel have a blazing fast
                        network?  Something with getting that amount
                        of data in such a short time dosen't seem to
                        add up.

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