Sony lawyer David Boies warned the media not to publish a WikiLeaks database of internal Sony documents and e-mails obtained after a cyberattack last year. WikiLeak’s Julian Assange claimed that the information should be public because Sony is part of the U.S. military-industrial complex and the documents offer a view of a “large, secretive multinational corporation.” (International Business Times, April 18, 2015, by Catherine Dunn)
Wikileaks published the documents in a searchable format called “The Sony Archives.” Last November hackers released the information including employees’ social security numbers, unreleased movies and embarrassing e-mails between employees. Sony is expecting to spend over $15 million to recover from the hacking. (c/net, April 16, 2015, by Steven Musil)
Boies claims that WikiLeaks is silencing speech by hurting those who rely on such as trade secrets and intellectual property for free expression. (Gawker, April 20, 2015, by Sam Biddle)