"Hollywood Cowardice: George Clooney Explains Why Sony Stood Alone In North Korean Cyberterror Attack"

"This was a dumb comedy that was about to come out. With the First Amendment, you’re never protecting Jefferson; it’s usually protecting some guy who’s burning a flag or doing something stupid.. . As we watched one group be completely vilified, nobody stood up. Nobody took that stand. Now, I say this is a situation we are going to have to come to terms with, a new paradigm and a new way of handling our business. Because this could happen to an electric company, a car company, a newsroom. It could happen to anybody... What I’m concerned about is content. I’m concerned that content now is constantly going to be judged on a different level. And that’s a terrible thing to do. What we don’t need happening in any of our industries is censorship."
http://deadline.com/2014/12/george-clooney-sony-hollywood-cowardice-north-korea-cyberattack-petition-1201329988/

I'm getting the sense that the movie industry is full of incredibly self-interested, short-term thinkers. They are probably those people who see someone acting altruisticly and sneeringly and distrustfully ask "Why?" You put them under the slightest pressure and they crumble. Ugh. Experience some adversity for 2 seconds.