Google
Inc said on Wednesday it weighed the security implications of screening
the Sony Pictures film, "The Interview," a comedy whose depiction of the
assassination of North Korea's leader was blamed for a massive
cyberattack.
Google said Sony had
begun contacting a number of companies a week ago about making the film
available online. On Wednesday, Sony said the movie will be available on
Google's YouTube and via Microsoft Corp's Xbox Video.
"Given everything that’s happened, the security implications were very much at the front of our minds," Google's Chief Legal Officer David Drummond wrote in a blog post. "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)."
source: reuters
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