Wikileaks Posts Searchable Archive of Hacked Sony Documents, Emails, Etc.

This document release and new search tool from Wikileaks brings a number of non-Sony, entertainment industry related issues to the forefront including legal (copyright), information ethics, and journalistic categories.
From the WikiLeaks Web Site:

WikiLeaks publishes an analysis and search system for The Sony Archives: 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and 173,132 emails, to and from more than 2,200 SPE email addresses. SPE is a US subsidiary of the Japanese multinational technology and media corporation Sony, handling their film and TV production and distribution operations. It is a multi-billion dollar US business running many popular networks, TV shows and film franchises such as Spider-Man, Men in Black and Resident Evil.
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Now published in a fully searchable format The Sony Archives offer a rare insight into the inner workings of a large, secretive multinational corporation. The work publicly known from Sony is to produce entertainment; however, The Sony Archives show that behind the scenes this is an influential corporation, with ties to the White House (there are almost 100 US government email addresses in the archive), with an ability to impact laws and policies, and with connections to the US military-industrial complex.
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange said: “This archive shows the inner workings of an influential multinational corporation. It is newsworthy and at the centre of a geo-political conflict. It belongs in the public domain. WikiLeaks will ensure it stays there.”

Read the Complete Announcement
If you wish to access the documents and e-mail message you can find them here.
Media Coverage

WikiLeaks Releases a Searchable Archive of Hacked Sony Pictures Emails and Document (via The Next Web)

UPDATE Sony Pictures Issues Comment Re; Posting of Material by WikiLeaks (via The Wrap)

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