Sony DMCA's themselves on Twitter

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DonFerrari said:

JWeinCom said:

Corporations are actually treated as people legally :-/  Fucking citizens united.  But it's not really about corporations vs people.

I don't like the way the journalists and a lot of the fans have behaved, and I've expressed that.  But I'd say that Sony's actions are far more problematic here.  They are inappropriately using a law designed to help in legitimate cases of copyright violation to shut down people who are saying things they don't like, many of whom are admittedly assholes.  

I 100% agree with Sony in this case that it would be better if all of those posts were gone.  But, there are many youtube channels and such that I enjoy a lot that could be completely shut down by the same rationale.  Allowing people the freedom to express themselves and criticize is more important than preventing spoilers, even if that means some assholes are allowed to get through.

Not the same, it is a type of person but not the same rights as natural person, at least in Brazil.

I agree Sony have overreacted and it seems like Tweeter algorythm is also at fault since Sony wouldn't report itself. So perhaps what was a harsh action from Sony fucked up the algorythm and it became something else.

Do you have many channels you like that prey on confidential information and trying to release it to everyone for no good reason? It is something to break the law to protect the law (like when you disclose some confidential information regarding a crime being commited), but when you do it for clicks it isn't good.

sales2099 said:

Free speech is free speech. Gaming beliefs aside that’s something I feel very strongly about. You shouldn’t abuse power to silence the internet because a leak happened under your watch. It’s not silencing people outright discussing spoilers, it’s also people that are talking about the spoilers without context (basically reactions without actual spoilers). Sony going about this very aggressively and even its apologists must recognize that. 

Property is property, and freedom of speech isn't unlimited as well. If you have access to confidential material you can't claim freedom of speech to divulge it.

Sure Sony is aggressive on it, but seeing their own tweet was targeted it certainly have something to do with Tweeter algorythm being overzealous to avoid any possible Sony retaliation on not taking action on a subpuena.

I'm not an expert on the differences between a corporation and an individual, so I can't really comment on that. 

The thing is that it is not against the law to tell secrets.  It may be a violation of a contract if someone has specifically agreed not to reveal certain information.  But, if they reveal that information to a third party, that third party is not constrained because they had no agreement.  Sony should absolutely sue the fuck out of whoever originally leaked the material (assuming they were under an agreement not to) but they have no right to DMCA anyone else.

Ultimately, Sony's only reasonable objection to the information they're DMCAing is that they don't want people to talk about it, and that's an extremely dangerous precedent.