George Clooney Created Pro Sony Petition But "Nobody Stood Up"

George Clooney's attempt at creating a petition in which members of the film industry could show their support for Sony and determination not to give in to violent threats in the face of freedom of speech did not gain the support he had expected.

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Sony were victims of a shocking and unprecedented hack which, for the first time, has seen the film industry and the murky world of internet ethics used as a means of expressing political tension on an international scale. It has been revealed that US officials understand there to be a link between the hackers and the leaders of North Korea, as NBC News reports. The hack appears to have been carried out in retaliation for the creation of the film The Interview, starring James Franco and Seth Rogan, which depicts a fictional attempt to assassinate North Korea's President Kim Jong Un. After a series of threats made by the hackers the release of the film has been cancelled prompting widespread anger at what has been hailed as the first 'Cyberterror' attack.

Clooney explained to Deadline how, following the hack and subsequent leak of emails between employees, he and his agent created a letter which they circulated around the heads of the major studios. In support of Sony, Clooney wanted as many high powered people within the film industry not to submit to the demands of the hackers who were issuing personal threats against those whose personal information they had accessed.

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