Obama: Sony Should Have Called Me and I Would Have Talked to the Theaters

CROWLEY First of all ░░░░░░░░ holidays Thank you for ░░░░░░░░ us Obama Happy holidays ░░░░░░░░ CROWLEY Thank you I ░░░░░░░░ to just start out ░░░░░░░░ about Sony and North ░░░░░░░░ Obama Right CROWLEY Because ░░░░░░░░ chairman of Sony which ░░░░░░░░ your news conference Obama ░░░░░░░░ CROWLEY and said he ░░░░░░░░ t think you understood ░░░░░░░░ actually happened that Sony ░░░░░░░░ committed to putting the ░░░░░░░░ out but the movie ░░░░░░░░ came to them and ░░░░░░░░ Yes we re not ░░░░░░░░ to run it that ░░░░░░░░ s not had a ░░░░░░░░ entity come to him ░░░░░░░░ ask that listen how ░░░░░░░░ putting it on YouTube ░░░░░░░░ he said maybe He ░░░░░░░░ he was kind of ░░░░░░░░ in what you said ░░░░░░░░ Well look I was ░░░░░░░░ sympathetic to the fact ░░░░░░░░ they ve got business ░░░░░░░░ they ve got to ░░░░░░░░ And you know had ░░░░░░░░ talked to me directly ░░░░░░░░ this decision I might ░░░░░░░░ called the movie theater ░░░░░░░░ and distributors and asked ░░░░░░░░ what that story was ░░░░░░░░ what I was laying ░░░░░░░░ was a principle that ░░░░░░░░ think this country has ░░░░░░░░ abide by We believe ░░░░░░░░ free speech We believe ░░░░░░░░ the right of artistic ░░░░░░░░ and satire and things ░░░░░░░░ powers that be might ░░░░░░░░ like And if we ░░░░░░░░ a precedent in which ░░░░░░░░ dictator in another country ░░░░░░░░ disrupt through cyber you ░░░░░░░░ a company s distribution ░░░░░░░░ or its products and ░░░░░░░░ a consequence we start ░░░░░░░░ ourselves that s a ░░░░░░░░ And it s a ░░░░░░░░ not just for the ░░░░░░░░ industry it s a ░░░░░░░░ for the news industry ░░░░░░░░ has done critical stories ░░░░░░░░ North Korea What happens ░░░░░░░░ in fact there is ░░░░░░░░ breach in CNN s ░░░░░░░░ know cyberspace Are we ░░░░░░░░ to suddenly say Well ░░░░░░░░ d better not report ░░░░░░░░ North Korea So the ░░░░░░░░ here is not to ░░░░░░░░ that Sony was a ░░░░░░░░ actor It s making ░░░░░░░░ broader point that all ░░░░░░░░ us have to adapt ░░░░░░░░ the possibility of cyber ░░░░░░░░ We have to do ░░░░░░░░ lot more to guard ░░░░░░░░ them My administration has ░░░░░░░░ a lot of strides ░░░░░░░░ that direction but we ░░░░░░░░ Congress to pass a ░░░░░░░░ security law We ve ░░░░░░░░ to work with the ░░░░░░░░ sector and the private ░░░░░░░░ has to work together ░░░░░░░░ harden their sites But ░░░░░░░░ the meantime when there ░░░░░░░░ a breach we have ░░░░░░░░ go after the wrongdoer ░░░░░░░░ can t start changing ░░░░░░░░ we operate.”