Nor do I, but I just meant to point out that they are not 'American', and they (those in charge) are within range of everything from small groups in undetectable small boats up to and including nukes. I think it's the former they might be worried about, it's happened before.
I also agree their prime concern was probably liability, coupled with finance because of lack of theater space to release the movie (since American movie companies backed out, cowards!).
Sony pictures is a subsidiary though, and does what Japan tells them, but are usually left to themselves.
Yes, because it's a tech firm, you would expect them to have MUCH better security. I think THAT'S the biggest scandal here. Did they get all PSN information too? Probably.

Really? So we think N Korea is just going to start shelling the corporate headquarters of any company they don't like? I don't think this is a realistic concern.

The ridiculous thing about Sony's decision is:

1) Japanese companies consult with and defer to their government about everything, much more than American companies do.

2) The current Japanese government is happy to give the finger to South Korea and China.

I really don't think Sony was too concerned about a nuclear attack.There was tremendous pressure from the groups that own the malls who put pressure on the groups that own the theaters which put pressure on Sony. The obvious concern being loss of money if there was a theater attack which could result in people avoiding movie theaters en masse.

Sony is a multinational corporation. Sony Pictures Entertainment (the target of the hack) is based in the USA.

I personally think Sony fucked up here, not just with their ridiculous notorious bad security (still with the plain text passwords? wtf), but by caving in to these scumbags even after the FBI said there was no credible threat. This obviously just opens the door for further bullshit like this from any asshole with a computer and a grudge in the future.

In any event, yeah the movie will be "leaked" (as evidenced by the scene above) so total streisand effect blunder. Apparently these genius hackers don't realize that when a movie like this gets made, many people have "screener" copies of it long before it ever gets released.

They did win that battle :-( , but if we still all see it (even more than would have paid to see it) terrorists lost the war (and so did Sony unless we donate $5 to them every time we watch it for free somewhere). ;-)

I feel those attacking Sony for being 'un-American' and caving to the hackers should be reminded, Sony is a Japanese company, and so is based well inside N Korea's nuclear and/or conventional weapon range.

A Breakdown and Analysis of the December, 2014 Sony Hack. Updated daily with the newest information of what's going on. Scroll to bottom to see the most current info regarding the hack.

Think North Korea hacked Sony? Think about this - from PCWorld

If anyone's curious

Why the Sony hack is unlikely to be the work of North Korea.
http://marcrogers.org/2014/12/18/why-the-sony-hack-is-unlikely-to-be-the-work-of-north-korea/

A Breakdown and Analysis of the December, 2014 Sony Hack (updated daily)
https://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/2014/12/a-breakdown-and-analysis-of-the-december-2014-sony-hack/

There are also rumors that Disney and Sony worked out a deal for Spider Man to appear in some of the other movies, while Sony retains Spider Man for solo films... Given Spider Man's roll in Civil War, I'd guess that's the movie he's most likely to appear in. I wonder if that deal means that some of the MCU characters can cross over to the Spider Man movies to help boost those. If that's all it took to make the deal, if I were either studio, I'd do it. Cross promotion like that... hecks yeah. Too bad Fox is still apparently being stubborn. Still, exciting times.

Also, a teaser trailer for a movie that is still 4 and 5 years out. That's got to be near a record.

"Sony and Disney made a deal for Avengers 3 and blew all our minds."

Bastards. Now it won't happen. You jinxed it.

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I can vouch for the difficulty of this cork screw. I drove on this track many times via Sony's Gran Turismo 1 & 2.

I for one gladly endorse anything that would fuck Sony over.

(@ant: small typo in your summary, JVS -> JVC.)

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He forgot the most important blow to the betamax: JVC licensed VHS, SONY refused to do it and wanted to take the whole video market as a monopoly. So VHS was available, in cheaper prices from multiple manufacturers and with ever increasing options while SONY and BetaMax had couple of models.. Not the first time SONY has lost something over greed, BluRay almost went with the same route (allthou there were several companies developing it from the start).

BetaMax cassette was 1h with the short play (and better quality), 2h with long play (later over 3h). Even on that machine he demonstrated.. The real reason for video cassette wars going for JVC was licensing and price dropped obviously with competition. But BetaMax was around almost for the entirety of video cassette history, collectors often wanted theirs in BetaMax for better sound and slightly better picture quality. Sound difference was noticeable, picture,, naah, not so much (i was there when this war happened...)

Sony was offered to join JVC before either had come out...

*dead er than Sonys Amazing Spiderman franchise....

But today's many Sony's products suck compared to the old days.