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Apple Said to Have Declined Offer From Sony to Host 'The Interview' on iTunes

Of course Apple won't distribute it. North Korea are best friends with China. Apple's manufacturing is in China and Apple wants to sell in China.
 
Why would Apple even get involved in something as controversial as this
And for those that think that this is a Hollywood publicity stunt.I doubt it as the FBI etc is involved
Wonder why Sony didn't go to Amazon?
 
Ken Kaniff said:
The whole thing reeks of a publicity stunt. There are plenty of reasons why it wasn't and couldn't have been the DPRK hacking Sony.

Just Hollywood doing what they do best..propaganda and marketing/hype..
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So.... to drum up hype for a single movie... Sony decided to leak their own private emails and other personal info from their employees?

Couldn't they have built hype without harming themselves and others?

Real information got leaked and caused real damage. Former employees are now suing Sony. Relationships will most likely be severed between Sony and some actors. If I was an actor/director/producer... I'd think twice about working for Sony now. Irreparable harm will be done to Sony.

Besides... Sony released 20 films this year and brought in over a billion dollars in theaters. Did they really need a publicity stunt for a silly Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy?
 
Wait MR!!! How is this related to the Jobs movie ..... He he... Thank god we hear about another movie :)

As for the interview, Jobs would have thrown it in iTunes , a man prepared to go thermonuclear was not going to be scared of a muppet ;)

On a side note , watched team American last night, seems the previous leader had a sense of humour, kids these day eh....

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ThunderSkunk said:
Maybe they "weren't interested" because it's garbage and not worth the $ to even show.
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Yeah..... Cause all the movies in iTunes are pure quality. Seriously what a silly comment, before you respond, have a surf through the movie section in iTunes and rethink what you wrote!
 
I was hoping to watch this as a rental in iTunes!! Man, the post-Jobs era of Apple continues to FAIL.
 
Ken Kaniff said:
http://www.theinterviewstream.com

It's interesting that this article is posted at this hour of the night. To me anyways.

The whole thing reeks of a publicity stunt. There are plenty of reasons why it wasn't and couldn't have been the DPRK hacking Sony.

Just Hollywood doing what they do best..propaganda and marketing/hype..
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So are you saying as part of Apples markerting/hype of the iCloud service they leaked celebrity photos...... Genius!!!!! ;)
 
Maybe Apple didn't want to get involved because they're planning to open a North Korean iTunes Store, which will only have one song - the world's best ever song as recorded by Kim Jong-un.
 
PBF said:
Bravo, Apple!

Filthy Sony!

Hypocritical Sony!

Racist Sony!
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What are you going on about? Are you on the North Korean pay-roll by any chance? If you are, tell your dear leader that he can suck a fat one.

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duffman9000 said:
Team America is probably much funnier and is available on iTunes.
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For how long? I get the feeling that Team America will get pulled from streaming, download and retail to appease the terrorists who threatened to attack US civilians if The Interview got released.
 
Oh good, I am very glad of that someone has some common sense in this mess.

Can't believe the utter arrogance of Sony and the writer of this ridiculous film.... Hey let's make an American comedy where we kill the most repressive, violent, threatening, secretive dictatorship alive that hates the west and especially America, and he wants nukes! I'm sure they'll find it funny.. :rolleyes:

What's next? An American comedy film killing the prophet Muhammed?

Yeah, only in America.

I just hope Sony's arrogance doesn't lead to the PlayStation Network being hacked all week!

Sorry for the rant, but I just couldn't believe how stupid they are making this film.
As for Team America, that was taking the mickey out of Americans as much as Koreans and is not exactly real life actors..
 
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honglong1976 said:
Of course Apple won't distribute it. North Korea are best friends with China. Apple's manufacturing is in China and Apple wants to sell in China.
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I agree. This is a good example of the perils of vertical monopolies and globalisation. If Apple manufactured its products in the US, then it would not be taking orders from North Korean terrorists.
 
JackieInCo said:
Many Pirate Bay proxies are back online.
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But with no new content since the thing they're proxying was shut down.

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Sol said:
I agree. This is a good example of the perils of vertical monopolies and globalisation. If Apple manufactured its products in the US, then it would not be taking orders from North Korean terrorists.
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Plus, nobody would be buying them because they were too expensive.
 
scottishwildcat said:
But with no new content since the thing they're proxying was shut down.

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Plus, nobody would be buying them because they were too expensive.
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Do you know that for a fact? I am no economist but surely it is not impossible to actually produce something in the US instead of sending components around the world and back to save money on workers' wages and bypass humane labour laws.
 
apolloa said:
Can't believe the utter arrogance of Sony and the writer of this ridiculous film.... Hey let's make an American comedy where we kill the most repressive, violent, threatening, secretive dictatorship alive that hates the west and especially America, and he wants nukes! I'm sure they'll find it funny.. :rolleyes: What's next? An American comedy film killing the prophet Muhammed? Yeah, only in America. Sorry for the rant, but I just couldn't believe how stupid they are making this film
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Oh yes those arrogant westerners and their arrogant satirical movies about dictators, lovers of dictators, and cowardly apologists for dictators

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKm_wA-WdI4
 
apolloa said:
Oh good, I am very glad of that. Someone with some common sense in this mess.

Can't believe the utter arrogance of Sony and the writer of this ridiculous film.... Hey let's make an American comedy where we kill the most repressive, violent, threatening, secretive dictatorship alive that hates the west and especially America, and he wants nukes! I'm sure they'll find it funny.. :rolleyes:

What's next? An American comedy film killing the prophet Muhammed?

Yeah, only in America.

I just hope Sony's arrogance doesn't lead to the PlayStation Network being hacked all week!

Sorry for the rant, but I just couldn't believe how stupid they are making this film.
As for Team America, that was taking the mickey out of Americans as much as Koreans and is not exactly real life actors..
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Other places in the world don't make fun of dictators with comedy? Ouch.
 
Seems like Apple decided to forgo profits for not being involved in this issue. I can't say that I blame them, but on one hand, its playing into the hand of a group that wants to stop the movie.
 
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