The Sony Pictures Entertainment hacks has unveiled many inner workings of the media giant, including artistic work spoilers, films that await studio production.
'Corporate Data' has a nasty ring to it, especially when the term is delivered by a corporate lawyer, and most significantly when said lawyer is directing the comments toward news outlets who are in the business of publishing tidbits.
"In a sharply worded letter to news organizations, David Boies, a lawyer for Sony, characterized the documents posted online as "Stolen information" and demanded they be avoided, and destroyed if they had been downloaded or otherwise acquired".
SPE has fallen victim to multiple hacks in recent months, resulting in leaks of corporate secrets on unprecedented levels.
In such an effort, it very well seems as if hackers are trying to destroy the company from within, spoiling future movie releases and scripts - by publishing the content online for all to see.
It is this reckless disregard for personal works that may turn freedom of expression on head.
The term Spoiler has exploded in use throughout the motion picture industry during these golden years of the world wide web, yet spoilers have multiple and convoluted definitions.
For instance, a writer may leave tidbit details of upcoming productions on a fan website, which are revealed by authors intent.
On the other hand, spoilers are also details of per-release material that are not intended for publication. These include story-lines, characters or even full scripts.
As a writer, I must say that the publication of un-released content is wrong.
Here is why.
Midnight Sun
Stephanie Meyers wrote one of the most thrilling vampire/werewolf chronicles of the twenty first century - unfortunately, the world never will read the proper end to the Twilight Saga.
While toiling away on her final book, a colleague published online a rough draft of her manuscript, prompting Meyers to forgo the completion of the epic tale, instead choosing to publish a free, lightly-edited
final draft, incomplete and lacking of any final resolution to the story.
What transpired was one of the most horrendous crimes of publishing; through the freedom of expression on the internet, one was robbed of literary control of her works.
Works In Progress (WIP) are a compilation of material any wordsmith is keen to. WIP include anything that is is unpublished, unreleased and incomplete. WIP are the inner workings or even the mechanical blocks to what make content.
Writing, so to speak, seems rather easy in everyday life to most internet users; comments, messages and social networking often give the satisfaction of well-put prose. The essence of writing is in the eye of the beholder who either crafts it or digests it.
But creative writing is absolutely sacred. When entire manuscripts are published online through Sony hacks, these spoilers inevitably tank future motion picture releases, leaving potential films without a budget, and unmade.
The real crime is the media news sites who deliberately and flagrantly vaunt headlines to include details which should not be repeated, because even mentioning if a certain super hero is slated to cameo in a film featuring a cohort is an assault to the viewing eye.
Reading spoilers from Sony Pictures feels wrong, and it should feel wrong on every human level, because the content in question was not attained with permission from the authors.
Anonymous Hacks Hurt
The reasoning behind Sony hacks are said to be fueled by the upcoming Christmas production of The Interview starring Seth Rogan, based on an assassination plot against the North Korean head of State, Kim-Jong Un.
By right, the reclusive leader feels irate - the film is being produced by North Korean's sworn enemy, Japanese-headquartered Sony Entertainment Productions.
Duh, did anyone ever think to approach say, Dreamworks out of California instead of kicking the leader of a nuke nation in the nuts by having Sony Entertainment produce The Interview?
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Spoiler Alert: The Interview Part Two:
Death Of An American President
Produced by Al-Jazeera Motion Pictures
Starring: Our Dear Leader, co-starring abducted actor Seth Rogen, Oho Shio, Nho Huygn and Nygen Hgnigo as President Obama.
Summary: Seth Rogen is uncannily abducted during an international flight by a covert cell of North Korean operatives, renditioned to the homeland and - in an eerily reminiscent recant of the
Kim Jong ll affair - casts a retribution film in the wake of his own number one world best selling assassination film, The Interview, starring Seth Rogen.
Kim Jong Un fittingly titles it: The Interview-Il.
In the beginning, the Beloved Our Dear Leader Kim Jong Un deals with his certain death and re-emergence from the first film, showing that "
Death by fatigue" is merely circumspect.
He further postulates that America can just go fuck itself.
What follows is what North Koreans refer to as a "Very Poor Performance" by the abducted-actor, Seth Rogan, although most in the NPRK are used to performing under duress to please Our Beloved Leader.
For what it's worth, all Mr. Rogen could be heard saying was, "Goddamn, I wish I had some fucking weed".
