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- bboyan 12y agoYou can download this as a DRM-free file with a simple curl command. Most people probably wouldn't bother, however, because Stripe makes it so easy to just watch directly your browser, no need to go through the hassle of downloading anything or needing the hard drive space. This is a great example of content providers finally beating piracy by providing a simpler method of content distribution. I hope more movies come out like this.
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- tombrossman 12y agoI don't see how providing this to a tiny minority on a global network is 'beating piracy' at all. I'm outside the US and happy to pay to watch. I even have a US credit card ready. What are my options now?
- thirdsun 12y agoI'd like to agree with you, but the easier than pirating part of your comment only seems to apply if you're from the US (correct me, if it's available in other countries). I'd really like to pay, but it seems I have to resort to other sources. Besides other, admittedly far from mainstream movies did this a lot better - "Sleepwalk with me" or last years highly praised "Computer Chess" offered a DRM-free, 1080p download and a streaming option, both without region-lock and for a reasonable price. Still an exception unfortunately.
- azakai 12y agoI totally agree with you that this is far from perfect. It's just in one market, and could be more convenient even there. But, the impressive thing is they scrambled to do this in just a few days - it's amazing anything has been launched at all! I suspect they really wanted as much of a launch as possible by Christmas, for symbolic reasons. (I think that was the original intended release date?). Kudos to them for managing to achieve a fairly significant launch.
- jbrooksuk 12y agoWhy does https://www.seetheinterview.com https://www.seetheinterview.com keep redirecting to https://www.kernel.com https://www.kernel.com which doesn't even contain The Interview film?
- gdb 12y ago(I work at Stripe.) Kernel is one of the companies putting this release together. They put up the redirect temporarily; about to put a more informative placeholder until the 10a PT launch.
- ankushio 12y agoI keep getting SSL connection errors and "No Data received" errors on this (Yes, after 10AM)
- gdb 12y agoYep, they're working to bring things back up. Stay tuned!
- angersock 12y agoSo, how much are they paying Stripe to buy a spot on your blog?
- tlrobinson 12y agoWhy would they do that? Stripe will get plenty of publicity out of this too.
- azakai 12y agoWhat is kernel.com? The website doesn't explain, and I can't find anything online talking about them. (It's hard to search because of the similarity to kernel.org perhaps.)
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- rhgraysonii 12y agoIt redirects to kernel.com on the website they link to, and there is no reference of The Interview. Where have I made a wrong turn, or is everyone else seeing what I am?
- frob 12y agoThe post specifically says it won't be available until 10AM PT, which is 32 minutes from now.
- jbrooksuk 12y agoThey could've had a better holding page than redirecting to somewhere with zero information.
- frob 12y agoFair enough. A temp page just went up and it already seems slammed. But this was just announced this morning, so I wouldn't be surprised if everyone is throwing this together right now. On a side note, I'll be really interested to see site activity statistics if they ever become available.
- rhgraysonii 12y agoI saw that, but just wasn't sure about that Kernel site. Had seen nothing about it, and was wary it may be phishing or something. Paranoid, I guess. Thanks.
- legohead 12y agoIf it's not free, I hope everyone buys it instead of waiting for a torrent. We should support online releases.
- giarc 12y agoDo you know what it will cost?
- ihsw 12y ago$5.99 on Google Play, not sure about elsewhere.
- kaykay 12y ago$5.99
- geetee 12y agoAccording to the page source: '$5.99 for 48 hours'
- malka 12y agoso, about half the price of my Netflix subscription for a single movie. for 48 hours. I'll pass.
- adamcanady 12y agoThe source code appears to indicate $5.99 for a 48 hour rental.
- krat0sprakhar 12y agoFor the ones who don't have it available in their country (like me) are left with no other option :(
- k-mcgrady 12y ago>> "For the ones who don't have it available in their country (like me) are left with no other option :(" Come on. Your option is to wait. From the site: "we do hope to see the release of The Interview across the globe"
- afowfow 12y agoIf another country made a movie about Obama being assassinated the US would be bombing them. No matter how crazy a current world leader is, I think it's an unwritten law not to depict their assassination.
- aheu 12y agoI don't recall us bombing the UK in 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_President_%282006_film%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_President_%282006_fi...
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- bvanslyke 12y agoNoone else is saying this for some reason but: It's hilarious that this movie is going to be historic despite it being so shitty (probably). (In true HN fashion this is where I would write "Full Disclosure: I work for the DPRK, but this does not color my opinions.")
- valarauca1 12y agoActually most critics are singing its praises. Even the hardcore art house high nosed critics are. Some of the praise is just because they use the dictators name, willingly. This is actually rather new. Political Correctness dictates you don't. Yes we all knew Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" was about Hitler, but he didn't use the name. Most studios won't do this, its rather bold and new to do that. The only people who really have are SNL, and South Park -esque shows. Not internationally screening studio movies. As David Edelstein said, "Its a low brow comedy, a political bold, low brow comedy. Laugh and have fun."
- ojbyrne 12y agohttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_interview_2014/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_interview_2014/ Some of the selected quotes there: "It's just stupid enough that some things are funny. Sadly, it isn't smart enough to realize that other things aren't terribly funny and that an opportunity was lost here." "The remarkably dismal quality is emblematic of the mind-set that brought the movie, and its attendant crises, into being."
- valarauca1 12y agoRotten Tomatoes gives Stars Episode III and The Shining within 2% rating of each other. Rotten Tomatoes is pretty horrible for determining if a movie is worth seeing.
- curiously 12y agoI do have to agree but most of the times it is pretty accurate sentiment. It seems like the closer the ratings get to 50%, the more unreliable the reviews are. I use that as a point of measure.
- xur17 12y agoIt looks like it's available on Google Play now: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/The_Interview?id=Ed2kSuKqfz0 https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/The_Interview?i... and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed2kSuKqfz0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed2kSuKqfz0
- sschueller 12y agoNot available in your country. Well I guess I won't be paying to watch this crappy movie.
- hyperbovine 12y agoSounds like you wouldn't be paying anyways...
- mrtron 12y agoWhy would you region lock a terrible movie that you are 'afraid' to release in theatres?
- higherpurpose 12y agoNot to mention you'd have to pay for it, so it's not the same argument as when being offered free (bandwidth costs, etc).
- azakai 12y agoThe logistics of doing an unplanned online launch are pretty large, and launching in lots of different markets adds a lot of complexity (legal issues, customer support issues in multiple languages, etc.). I'm surprised they managed to launch in the US in time for Christmas. It's disappointing it isn't also launching internationally, but I'm optimistic - if this makes lots of money, then it will prove that it makes sense to launch new movies online. Then in the future we may see more movies launch like this, and with more preparation time, hopefully also internationally.
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- rctgamer3 12y agoWhat's with the corrupted background image? http://puu.sh/dHXPp.png http://puu.sh/dHXPp.png https://www.seetheinterview.com/images/masthead-bg.jpg https://www.seetheinterview.com/images/masthead-bg.jpg
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- brianxq3 12y agoThat's a publishable key. Its supposed to be there. https://support.stripe.com/questions/difference-between-secret-key-and-publishable-key https://support.stripe.com/questions/difference-between-secr...
- keehun 12y agoExactly. I was going to ask how else would Stripe be able to attribute these transactions to these accounts/items?
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- akhatri_aus 12y agoThose look like publishable keys (as opposed to the server side only keys), its okay for them to be in the js.
- angersock 12y agoFlagged. And in the comments here: "By jove, go out and buy it!" "Jolly good, and what might that cost?" "The low price of 5.99 pounds, my good man!" "Huzzah!" I'm not going to say that this is all astroturfing and "organic sales hacking", but sometimes, it looks like a pretty big fucking shill.
- patronagezero 12y agoProgramming is popular now, so I guess it follows that the pop-gobbling consumerists that ingest propaganda hourly would start overrunning the hacker types. How I miss the pre-2003 slashdot type commentators and hackers in general.
- akhatri_aus 12y agoLooking at the FAQs after running $("*").removeClass('hidden'); - only available in the US or from a US based ip address - only works with US based credit cards - available for 48h - will be streamed to the browser
- mrtron 12y agoFor convenience: Outside of the US: http://imgur.com/iWvOgFI http://imgur.com/iWvOgFI After removing hiddens: http://imgur.com/2E1dALE http://imgur.com/2E1dALE
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- thebiglebrewski 12y agoLooks like Stripe's Interview page won't even load. You have been banned from r/pyongyang
- avargas 12y agoI hope Stripe developers didn't write this code. I got the movie for free, jesus ... http://imgur.com/a/hf8FZ http://imgur.com/a/hf8FZ - and I didn't get a job after my interview with Stripe earlier this year.
- gdb 12y agoOof. You found a legitimate bug with their integration -- they've now fixed it.
- NoemiViresHQg 12y agoI buy almost everything except food and clothing from online auctions most people aren’t aware of the almost I unbelievable deals that they can get from online auction sites the site that has the best deals is >>> http://saveslam.com http://saveslam.com I checked with the BBB and was told that it is all legit. How they can sell gift cards, laptops, cameras, and all kinds of goodies that we all want for 50-90% off, I don’t know I do know that I bought my son an ipad there for less than $100 and my husband a $250 Low gift cards for $48. Why would I even think about shopping anyþlace else? wish you a happy christmas
- dsjoerg 12y agoEww. What made you think to try? Does that work on Stripe in general or just this site?
- baby 12y agohttps://www.seetheinterview.com/ https://www.seetheinterview.com/ : I just see a poster of the movie. Is it normal? (I'm in France)
- jstalin 12y agoNot on Amazon?
- mynameisvlad 12y agoSony offered online distribution companies the chance to host it, only some accepted.
- lukasm 12y agoIt's US only. Seems torrent there is.
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- UVB-76 12y agoLooking at the file names, it seems this film had the codename 'Elephant'?
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- Kiro 12y agoThe NK hack was probably just a big PR stunt.
- giarc 12y agoI doubt the CEO of Sony was willing to release racists emails about the POTUS as a PR stunt.
- patronagezero 12y agoI agree that it's unlikely the hack itself was a PR stunt, but you have to admit the subsequent handling of the hack was a PR stunt in which even the US Government seemed to be in on.
- UhUhUhUh 12y agoSomehow, Seth Rogen fits so well in all this! They must be working on a movie (with him) as we speak.
- TD-Linux 12y agoHow does the player work? I'd buy it but I'd rather not watch it in Flash Player.
- Narkov 12y agoSo after all the crying about "how dare they try and censor us!" we get - Only available in the US. Irony much?
- jonny_eh 12y agoWas the movie originally scheduled for a worldwide theatre release on December 25?
- Animats 12y agoThey want a credit card, they want a CVC for a $6 purchase, and they only have a domain-only SSL cert. Sloppy security, people.
- teach 12y agoHow is that "sloppy security"? Honest question.
- Animats 12y agoSee "http://pciguru.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/developers-beware-stripe/" http://pciguru.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/developers-beware-st.... If you accept a CVC or CVC2, the requirements are much stricter, because an attacker who can get hold of a card number with the CVC/CVC2 can buy more expensive items. Stripe works by having pages invoke their "stripe.js" within the host page. The risk of mixing payment processing input into a general site is that anything that can access the DOM can patch "stripe.js" and tap the credit card data. Since this page is very likely to be attacked, that's a big risk here. The page uses several off-site Javascript files. Attacks through the CDN that distributes "bootstrap.js", for example, might work. In 2015, payment card requirements are tightening up. Sites which use third party processors like Stripe will probably have to put credit card entry into an iframe which comes directly from the third party processor. This makes the attack surface smaller.
- julie1 12y agoThis north korea hacking looks more and more like a marketing PR scam... Or at least something very opportunisticly white washing for the company involved in privacy leaking and censorship. Beurk
- 51Cards 12y agoSigh, no love for Canada on any of the sources. Soon hopefully.
- giarc 12y agoA proxy would likely work.
- doxcf434 12y agoThat's a pretty old version of nginx: % curl https://www.seetheinterview.com/ https://www.seetheinterview.com/ -D - -o /dev/null -s|grep Server Server: nginx/1.0.12
- sschueller 12y agoMight as well leave the front door open. http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2013/000125.html http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2013/00012...
- ChrisAntaki 12y ago> Online freedom isn’t automatic, and it’s only through active effort that the internet will stay an open platform for creativity and innovation. We take our role seriously. Well said, Stripe.
- artur_makly 12y agohow do expats like us watch it? i tried https://www.proxfree.com/ https://www.proxfree.com/ and no dice. thanks
- fit2rule 12y agoThis is the beginning of the new Internet - one where you can watch a mainstream movie from mainstream producers, and PAY FOR IT in a fashion that doesn't make you feel like a criminal. Thanks, North Korea!
- cyphunk 12y agolol! Am I the only one trying to understand why Stripe felt reason to give moralist post? "We’re proud to work with organizations defending digital freedoms such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation ... We don’t always endorse what businesses sell through Stripe, but" I mean props, but are you doing this because you figured out the vibe on the internet is that Sony is an souless and shallow company or is it you don't want N.K.'s elite hackers to get an idea you're gun-ho-america on this release and target you?
- edibleEnergy 12y agofeh, sucked
- pegoty 12y agois it downloadable yet?
- pegoty 12y agoWhere can I download it from?
- pegoty 12y agoWHere can I download it? I'm in the UK..
- sebie 12y agoFound a link on Twitter; https://www.seetheinterview.com/player/?p=30&e=1419653096&cid=tok_15DSrsFvIyUvY1cbWcXDfE8l&h=19c8080f556826eab2f400a6e9517367 https://www.seetheinterview.com/player/?p=30&e=1419653096&ci...