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“The Interview” now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies [W:66]

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Official Google Blog: “The Interview” now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies

Last Wednesday Sony began contacting a number of companies, including Google, to ask if we’d be able to make their movie, "The Interview," available online. We'd had a similar thought and were eager to help—though given everything that’s happened, the security implications were very much at the front of our minds.

Of course it was tempting to hope that something else would happen to ensure this movie saw the light of day. But after discussing all the issues, Sony and Google agreed that we could not sit on the sidelines and allow a handful of people to determine the limits of free speech in another country (however silly the content might be).

I don't know if I'll get gigged for this. I don't think I should considering the fact that it's breaking news and it's being posted directly from the source. The Interview is now available for download. Sony has given a massive middle finger to NK and decided to release the movie online. Admittedly for around the same prices a movie theater would charge. Let's see what the reaction is when NK gets their Wifi password back and realize the movie is now out there for the world to see.

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Not to be dense (okay, maybe a little dense) but NK has the internet capabilities of me in 1991. Do we actually know for a fact that NK was responsible for the Sony hack?
 
Not to be dense (okay, maybe a little dense) but NK has the internet capabilities of me in 1991. Do we actually know for a fact that NK was responsible for the Sony hack?

Backed by Beijing.
 
Another utter fail for Sony... all this is US ONLY! How on earth is it "sticking it to NK" if the freaking movie is only released in the US? Pathetic.
 
Backed by Beijing.

Okay, time for me to double down on my density and ask, "What does that mean?" Is there a neatly packaged timeline for people who haven't paid attention to every step of this?
 
Another utter fail for Sony... all this is US ONLY! How on earth is it "sticking it to NK" if the freaking movie is only released in the US? Pathetic.

You have to look a gift horse in the f'n mouth don't ya? PM me.
 
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Official Google Blog: “The Interview” now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies



I don't know if I'll get gigged for this. I don't think I should considering the fact that it's breaking news and it's being posted directly from the source. The Interview is now available for download. Sony has given a massive middle finger to NK and decided to release the movie online. Admittedly for around the same prices a movie theater would charge. Let's see what the reaction is when NK gets their Wifi password back and realize the movie is now out there for the world to see.

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Good. I would not have ever considered to cancel the flick to start with. ;)
 
Another utter fail for Sony... all this is US ONLY! How on earth is it "sticking it to NK" if the freaking movie is only released in the US? Pathetic.

Because no one cares about Europe.
 
You have to look a gift horse in the f'n mouth don't ya? PM me.

Not the point.

Sony has the rights to this movie world wide.. Google Play and Youtube.. hell their own freaking website is world wide. So why on earth not release it world wide when they have the ability?

They are basically forcing overseas people to use VPNs or pirate the movie.. and instead they could have earned a pretty sum if they had just bothered to release it world wide.. utter fail.

No worries I will get this movie and I was going to actually for the first time in over a decade buy a movie just to stick it to North Korea.. but **** that.
 
Because no one cares about Europe.

You do understand it is all countries but the US right? Not even North Korea is getting it HAHAHA.. the irony. Hell not even sure Canada is getting it, and Canada is US light after all.
 
You do understand it is all countries but the US right? Not even North Korea is getting it HAHAHA.. the irony. Hell not even sure Canada is getting it, and Canada is US light after all.


Heya Pete. :2wave: Good News.....huh?



'The Interview' Screenings: Where Can You See It?.....

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In a surprise reversal, Sony Pictures has authorized select independent theaters to show the banned comedy The Interview, meaning a few lucky audiences will get a chance to see James Franco and Seth Rogen assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un before the New Year.

The film opens in the theaters listed below (and we will continue to update this list; hat tip to Deadline and Mashable) on Dec. 25. Now the question is: Can the film live up to its IMDB rating?.....snip~

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/the-interview-screenings-where-can-you-see-it-105973892472.html
 
You do understand it is all countries but the US right? Not even North Korea is getting it HAHAHA.. the irony. Hell not even sure Canada is getting it, and Canada is US light after all.

Yes, but they are not complaining, except NK...
 
Official Google Blog: “The Interview” now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies



I don't know if I'll get gigged for this. I don't think I should considering the fact that it's breaking news and it's being posted directly from the source. The Interview is now available for download. Sony has given a massive middle finger to NK and decided to release the movie online. Admittedly for around the same prices a movie theater would charge. Let's see what the reaction is when NK gets their Wifi password back and realize the movie is now out there for the world to see.

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No surprise.

Anyone want to bet that Sony will make out like a champ on this deal?

I still smell a publicity stunt.
 
Not the point.

Sony has the rights to this movie world wide.. Google Play and Youtube.. hell their own freaking website is world wide. So why on earth not release it world wide when they have the ability?

They are basically forcing overseas people to use VPNs or pirate the movie.. and instead they could have earned a pretty sum if they had just bothered to release it world wide.. utter fail.

No worries I will get this movie and I was going to actually for the first time in over a decade buy a movie just to stick it to North Korea.. but **** that.

The post above simply doesn't understand how movie distribution works. Sony doesn't have the rights to this movie worldwide, Sony gave distribution rights to other companies who then decide how the movie will be distributed. In this case, the distributor is Columbia. Columbia could have decided to distribute the movie worldwide, but the actual reach for that is entirely dependent on what model it used to release the film. The traditional % agreement went out the window the minute the movie was no longer going to be shown in theaters. The ancillary rights belong to Columbia too. That includes the rights to show the movie on networks and streaming sites. So for all we know, this was a quick decision made on the spot by Columbia with Sony's approval to release the movie as long as it wasn't in theaters. There will be more to come once Columbia, not Sony, strikes up a deals with more sharing sites.

So no, this isn't Sony's fault, this is a distributing issue and that lays squarely with Columbia.
 
The post above simply doesn't understand how movie distribution works. Sony doesn't have the rights to this movie worldwide, Sony gave distribution rights to other companies who then decide how the movie will be distributed. In this case, the distributor is Columbia.

And it seems you dont understand how it works.. Who owns Columbia? On.. Sony Pictures!

Columbia could have decided to distribute the movie worldwide, but the actual reach for that is entirely dependent on what model it used to release the film. The traditional % agreement went out the window the minute the movie was no longer going to be shown in theaters. The ancillary rights belong to Columbia too.

Yes it belongs to Sony.. who owns Columbia.

That includes the rights to show the movie on networks and streaming sites. So for all we know, this was a quick decision made on the spot by Columbia with Sony's approval to release the movie as long as it wasn't in theaters. There will be more to come once Columbia, not Sony, strikes up a deals with more sharing sites.

No, Sony decided it and Columbia followed orders.

So no, this isn't Sony's fault, this is a distributing issue and that lays squarely with Columbia.

Yes it is, since Sony owns Columbia.
 
Anyone watch it yet? Worth all the international incident hype?
 
No surprise.

Anyone want to bet that Sony will make out like a champ on this deal?

I still smell a publicity stunt.

Absolutely I will take that bet. Google Play and Youtube Movies (which I didn't even realize existed) don't make the kind of money that a nationwide theatrical release does.
 
Absolutely I will take that bet. Google Play and Youtube Movies (which I didn't even realize existed) don't make the kind of money that a nationwide theatrical release does.

Considering the limited number of movie theatres that are showing it, then they might just earn more via Google Play and Youtube... if it had not been for the fact that it is now out on torrent sites because the boneheads at Sony did not release it world wide.. so.
 
Considering the limited number of movie theatres that are showing it, then they might just earn more via Google Play and Youtube... if it had not been for the fact that it is now out on torrent sites because the boneheads at Sony did not release it world wide.. so.

Ooh, is it on the Pirate Bay?
 
Considering the limited number of movie theatres that are showing it, then they might just earn more via Google Play and Youtube... if it had not been for the fact that it is now out on torrent sites because the boneheads at Sony did not release it world wide.. so.

The limited release is testing the water. If people beat the doors down at those few theaters, the rest of the theaters around the country will be begging for release to them, too.
 
I wish all movies were released online simultaneously with the theatrical release. I HATE going to movie theaters, and would gladly pay the same price to watch new releases at home.
 
Official Google Blog: “The Interview” now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies



I don't know if I'll get gigged for this. I don't think I should considering the fact that it's breaking news and it's being posted directly from the source. The Interview is now available for download. Sony has given a massive middle finger to NK and decided to release the movie online. Admittedly for around the same prices a movie theater would charge. Let's see what the reaction is when NK gets their Wifi password back and realize the movie is now out there for the world to see.

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Sticking it to NK? That would be by changing nothing about the movie, this was supplication. They probably only did this because of the backlash.
Appease commie thugs-get more of it-thats the lesson Sony and hollywood in general is gonna have to figure out.
 
And it seems you dont understand how it works.. Who owns Columbia? On.. Sony Pictures!

Yes it belongs to Sony.. who owns Columbia.

No, Sony decided it and Columbia followed orders.

Yes it is, since Sony owns Columbia.

Having to explain to you that subsidiary does not mean they decide how many deals Columbia comes up with before distribution really is tiresome. A controlling stake does not mean the micromanagement you believe it does. Not only that, it does not mean the subservience you think it does. Ultimately, this decision on distribution came down to Columbia's executives in the US not Sony's executives in Japan. Is this really hard for you to understand?
 
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