The Sony Pictures Leak F**kery Thread
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Sony mad at Netflix for not blocking VPN users:
The latest data leaked from Sony Pictures Entertainment by hackers reveals that Sony executives had accused Netflix of breaching its licensing contract for Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shows by allowing customers in foreign markets to use virtual private networks to stream them, calling it piracy that is “semi-sanctioned by Netflix.”
Sony pressed Netflix for increased “geofiltering” control over its customers to prevent the practice, including restricting payment methods for the service to ways that would allow screening for customers living outside countries where Netflix had contractual rights. The move came as Sony was positioning to merge its own streaming offerings and other digital products into a “One Sony” digital operation to better compete with other services.
In November of 2013, as Sony Pictures Television was negotiating with Netflix over licensing of content—specifically, rights for Breaking Bad—the company’s president of international distribution Keith LeGoy e-mailed Sony Pictures Television President Steve Mosko to update him on the proceedings. The deal was important to Sony—SPT execs believed it would bring in $41 million in the 2014 fiscal year. In another e-mail to Mosko, SPT Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Drew Shearer had emphasized, “We need to deliver the Netflix BB deal in FY14 like we thought or $41mm goes bye-bye from FY14.”
However, SPT executives felt Netflix was doing too little to control who could use its service—and in the process was damaging its licensing revenue overseas. LeGoy laid out the issues in his e-mail to Mosko in November of 2013:
Another issue LeGoy raised was that Netflix was “bundling” content from SPT, making multiple shows from the company available in the United Kingdom and other countries where Netflix was overtly serving customers. “They maintain, incorrectly, that they do have the rights which is absolutely wrong,” LeGoy said in his e-mail, adding that “we are prepared to grant them these rights as we have done in Holland, but in return would want to gain extra value (as we did by giving the greater flexibility in our Dutch deal).”
But Netflix, LeGoy said, had “stated that they intend to continue doing more bundles without negotiating any new agreement, so we will need to send them a letter from our lawyers stating that this will put them in breach of their agreement with us. I am attaching a copy of the proposed letter.”
Netflix also wanted to tie any new agreement on Breaking Bad to licensing of the spinoff, Better Call Saul, for overseas viewing. "As in the US, they have asked to tie the Breaking Bad deal to the delivery of Saul—or in the event we don’t make Saul, to reduce their license period on Breaking Bad and the license fee," LeGoy said. "We have told them that we are prepared to make a separate deal for Breaking Bad which is not tied to Saul, or to keep to the deal we have agreed, but that we are not prepared to attach any conditionality around the terms for Breaking Bad."
Sony mad at Netflix for not blocking VPN users:
The latest data leaked from Sony Pictures Entertainment by hackers reveals that Sony executives had accused Netflix of breaching its licensing contract for Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shows by allowing customers in foreign markets to use virtual private networks to stream them, calling it piracy that is “semi-sanctioned by Netflix.”
Sony pressed Netflix for increased “geofiltering” control over its customers to prevent the practice, including restricting payment methods for the service to ways that would allow screening for customers living outside countries where Netflix had contractual rights. The move came as Sony was positioning to merge its own streaming offerings and other digital products into a “One Sony” digital operation to better compete with other services.
In November of 2013, as Sony Pictures Television was negotiating with Netflix over licensing of content—specifically, rights for Breaking Bad—the company’s president of international distribution Keith LeGoy e-mailed Sony Pictures Television President Steve Mosko to update him on the proceedings. The deal was important to Sony—SPT execs believed it would bring in $41 million in the 2014 fiscal year. In another e-mail to Mosko, SPT Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Drew Shearer had emphasized, “We need to deliver the Netflix BB deal in FY14 like we thought or $41mm goes bye-bye from FY14.”
However, SPT executives felt Netflix was doing too little to control who could use its service—and in the process was damaging its licensing revenue overseas. LeGoy laid out the issues in his e-mail to Mosko in November of 2013:
Another issue LeGoy raised was that Netflix was “bundling” content from SPT, making multiple shows from the company available in the United Kingdom and other countries where Netflix was overtly serving customers. “They maintain, incorrectly, that they do have the rights which is absolutely wrong,” LeGoy said in his e-mail, adding that “we are prepared to grant them these rights as we have done in Holland, but in return would want to gain extra value (as we did by giving the greater flexibility in our Dutch deal).”
But Netflix, LeGoy said, had “stated that they intend to continue doing more bundles without negotiating any new agreement, so we will need to send them a letter from our lawyers stating that this will put them in breach of their agreement with us. I am attaching a copy of the proposed letter.”
Netflix also wanted to tie any new agreement on Breaking Bad to licensing of the spinoff, Better Call Saul, for overseas viewing. "As in the US, they have asked to tie the Breaking Bad deal to the delivery of Saul—or in the event we don’t make Saul, to reduce their license period on Breaking Bad and the license fee," LeGoy said. "We have told them that we are prepared to make a separate deal for Breaking Bad which is not tied to Saul, or to keep to the deal we have agreed, but that we are not prepared to attach any conditionality around the terms for Breaking Bad."
TheGodling
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http://fusion.net/story/32623/sony-pictures-hack-exposes-hollywood-celebrities-secret-aliases/
SONY PICTURES HACK EXPOSES HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES’ SECRET ALIASES
The gargantuan hack of Sony Pictures exposed some of the studio’s internal operations to public view, damaging morale at the company and compromising the studio’s inner business workings. But one new leak may put Hollywood celebrities on high alert: a cache of documents that reveal the secret aliases used by actors and actresses to check into hotels and book car services.
Here are some of the aliases revealed publicly by the documents:
Tom Hanks: goes by “Harry Lauder” and “Johnny Madrid” (the former of which was the name of a famous Scottish comedian, and the latter of which may be a reference to a character on Lancer, a 1960s Western series)
Sarah Michelle Gellar: goes by “Neely O’Hara” (probably a Valley of the Dolls reference)
Tobey Maguire: goes by “Neil Deep”
Natalie Portman: goes by “Laura Brown"
Clive Owen: goes by “Robert Fenton” (his wife’s name is Sarah-Jane Fenton)
Rob Schneider: goes by “Nazzo Good” (not so good – get it?)
Taye Diggs: goes by “Scott Diggs” (his real name)
Jude Law: goes by “Mr. Perry”
Daniel Craig: goes by “Olwen Williams” (an homage to his grandfather, Olwyn Williams)
Jessica Alba: goes by “Cash Money”
Ice Cube: goes by “Darius Stone” and “O’Shea Jackson” (the former of which was his character’s name in XXX: State of the Union, and the latter of which is his actual name)
Debra Messing: goes by “Ava Harper”
SONY PICTURES HACK EXPOSES HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES’ SECRET ALIASES
The gargantuan hack of Sony Pictures exposed some of the studio’s internal operations to public view, damaging morale at the company and compromising the studio’s inner business workings. But one new leak may put Hollywood celebrities on high alert: a cache of documents that reveal the secret aliases used by actors and actresses to check into hotels and book car services.
Here are some of the aliases revealed publicly by the documents:
Tom Hanks: goes by “Harry Lauder” and “Johnny Madrid” (the former of which was the name of a famous Scottish comedian, and the latter of which may be a reference to a character on Lancer, a 1960s Western series)
Sarah Michelle Gellar: goes by “Neely O’Hara” (probably a Valley of the Dolls reference)
Tobey Maguire: goes by “Neil Deep”
Natalie Portman: goes by “Laura Brown"
Clive Owen: goes by “Robert Fenton” (his wife’s name is Sarah-Jane Fenton)
Rob Schneider: goes by “Nazzo Good” (not so good – get it?)
Taye Diggs: goes by “Scott Diggs” (his real name)
Jude Law: goes by “Mr. Perry”
Daniel Craig: goes by “Olwen Williams” (an homage to his grandfather, Olwyn Williams)
Jessica Alba: goes by “Cash Money”
Ice Cube: goes by “Darius Stone” and “O’Shea Jackson” (the former of which was his character’s name in XXX: State of the Union, and the latter of which is his actual name)
Debra Messing: goes by “Ava Harper”
Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
Jessica Alba: goes by “Cash Money”
Her honest company now makes over a billion dollars.
http://fusion.net/story/32623/sony-pictures-hack-exposes-hollywood-celebrities-secret-aliases/
SONY PICTURES HACK EXPOSES HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES’ SECRET ALIASES
The gargantuan hack of Sony Pictures exposed some of the studio’s internal operations to public view, damaging morale at the company and compromising the studio’s inner business workings. But one new leak may put Hollywood celebrities on high alert: a cache of documents that reveal the secret aliases used by actors and actresses to check into hotels and book car services.
Here are some of the aliases revealed publicly by the documents:
Tom Hanks: goes by “Harry Lauder” and “Johnny Madrid” (the former of which was the name of a famous Scottish comedian, and the latter of which may be a reference to a character on Lancer, a 1960s Western series)
Sarah Michelle Gellar: goes by “Neely O’Hara” (probably a Valley of the Dolls reference)
Tobey Maguire: goes by “Neil Deep”
Natalie Portman: goes by “Laura Brown"
Clive Owen: goes by “Robert Fenton” (his wife’s name is Sarah-Jane Fenton)
Rob Schneider: goes by “Nazzo Good” (not so good – get it?)
Taye Diggs: goes by “Scott Diggs” (his real name)
Jude Law: goes by “Mr. Perry”
Daniel Craig: goes by “Olwen Williams” (an homage to his grandfather, Olwyn Williams)
Jessica Alba: goes by “Cash Money”
Ice Cube: goes by “Darius Stone” and “O’Shea Jackson” (the former of which was his character’s name in XXX: State of the Union, and the latter of which is his actual name)
Debra Messing: goes by “Ava Harper”
Nazzo Good... That might be the funniest thing Rob Schneider has ever done.
PlayerNinety_Nine
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This.Those that are surprised by this must not work for big corporations. I see stuff like this on the daily, shyt always has me
People that make 6-7 figures a year with such poor presentation and business tact. And collectively they make the worse decisions possible.
Sports, music, all forms of entertainment moves be having me like
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
http://fusion.net/story/31465/here-...-interview-north-koreas-least-favorite-movie/
The entire budget of The Interview leaked
Hov gonna be showing off his acting skills again?
Get paid $5000 to be in a movie because you used to fukk Britney Spears back in the day, brehs.
Mike Vick made it?
The entire budget of The Interview leaked
Hov gonna be showing off his acting skills again?
Get paid $5000 to be in a movie because you used to fukk Britney Spears back in the day, brehs.
Mike Vick made it?
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
http://www.businessinsider.com/joel-mchale-asked-for-discount-on-sony-tv-2014-12
Community actors out here
for discount Sony tv's.
On Tuesday, the Sony hackers released emails of Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and Sony Pictures Television president Steve Mosko. The fourth round of leaks came as the hackers, known as the Guardians of Peace (GOP), demanded the studio pull upcoming movie "The Interview" starring James Franco and Seth Rogen. Looking over Mosko's emails, we saw an interesting exchange related to Sony's "Community" series which aired on NBC. The show was originally canceled May 9 after five seasons on air. Three days later, the show's star, Joel McHale, sent an email to Mosko's assistant asking for a discount on an $8,000 Sony TV.
The email reads:
Community actors out here
for discount Sony tv's.On Tuesday, the Sony hackers released emails of Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and Sony Pictures Television president Steve Mosko. The fourth round of leaks came as the hackers, known as the Guardians of Peace (GOP), demanded the studio pull upcoming movie "The Interview" starring James Franco and Seth Rogen. Looking over Mosko's emails, we saw an interesting exchange related to Sony's "Community" series which aired on NBC. The show was originally canceled May 9 after five seasons on air. Three days later, the show's star, Joel McHale, sent an email to Mosko's assistant asking for a discount on an $8,000 Sony TV.
The email reads:
Hello Fayanne,
It's Joel McHale. You might remember me from such canceled Sony tv shows as—Community.
Sad.
Very sad.
So when I was talking to Steve about the show ending last Friday, I asked about a discount on a Sony tv. He said of course. He's the greatest as you know. I didn't want to bother him with the specific details of the screen I want so I thought I would bother you.
I hope that is it [sic] cool.
It's below. You can check with Steve obviously if this all sounds strange.
I'm not sure how this all works but I'm happy to send a credit card number wherever necessary.
Thanks Fayanne. I'm very much going to miss working at Sony.
Cheers,
Joel
http://www.businessinsider.com/joel-mchale-asked-for-discount-on-sony-tv-2014-12
Community actors out here
On Tuesday, the Sony hackers released emails of Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and Sony Pictures Television president Steve Mosko. The fourth round of leaks came as the hackers, known as the Guardians of Peace (GOP), demanded the studio pull upcoming movie "The Interview" starring James Franco and Seth Rogen. Looking over Mosko's emails, we saw an interesting exchange related to Sony's "Community" series which aired on NBC. The show was originally canceled May 9 after five seasons on air. Three days later, the show's star, Joel McHale, sent an email to Mosko's assistant asking for a discount on an $8,000 Sony TV.
The email reads:
this shyt just gets so much better, i hope it never lets up
@ this whole thread
PlayerNinety_Nine
Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by....
http://www.businessinsider.com/joel-mchale-asked-for-discount-on-sony-tv-2014-12
Community actors out here
On Tuesday, the Sony hackers released emails of Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and Sony Pictures Television president Steve Mosko. The fourth round of leaks came as the hackers, known as the Guardians of Peace (GOP), demanded the studio pull upcoming movie "The Interview" starring James Franco and Seth Rogen. Looking over Mosko's emails, we saw an interesting exchange related to Sony's "Community" series which aired on NBC. The show was originally canceled May 9 after five seasons on air. Three days later, the show's star, Joel McHale, sent an email to Mosko's assistant asking for a discount on an $8,000 Sony TV.
The email reads:
at the Troy McClure ether straight from the opening line.