When it comes to content being illegally shared on peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent, that enforcement system doesn’t work because there’s no single company hosting the material on a dedicated server. While neither Sony nor Google responded to the Daily Dot’s request for comment regarding the issue, it appears as though Sony is actively enforcing its intellectual property rights on content from The Interview that’s being uploaded on the streaming video platform.
If someone uploads a leaked copy of The Interview to YouTube, Sony could inform Google and then Google would be legally required to take it down. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, sites that host pirated material uploaded by users aren’t held liable if their operators remove that content once it’s brought to their attention by the rights holders. However, there are actions that Sony can take to keep the The Interview off of the BitTorrent networks where the vast majority of online piracy takes place.
By definition, online piracy is something that happens outside of the permitted distribution channels of the rights holder. One the surface, it may seem ridiculous that the hackers, a group going by the handle Guardians Of Peace, are ordering Sony to stop the movie from being pirated. “And we want everything related to the movie, including its trailers, as well as its full version down from any website hosting them immediately.” “Now we want you never let the movie released, distributed or leaked in any form of, for instance, DVD or piracy,” the message read. Yesterday, this was a billboard for ‘The Interview’ /t0JNRZskqEĬNN reports a message the hackers sent to Sony’s top executives on Thursday evening demanded that the multi-national entertainment company go even further than just halting the release of the full film.
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