Sony previously told publishers including the New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter to stop publishing the “stolen information” released by hackers.
Toru Hanai / Reuters
A lawyer for Sony Pictures Entertainment on Monday threatened legal action against Twitter if its users continued to post emails or other information that came from the widespread hack of the company.
In a letter, Sony said it would hold Twitter responsible for any damages — including lost intellectual property and trade secrets — that arose out of the spread of the "stolen information." Any information that has already been published should be destroyed, said the letter, which was first reported by Vice.
"If Twitter does not comply with this request, and the Stolen Information continues to be disseminated by Twitter in any manner, SPE will have no choice but to hold Twitter responsible for any damage or loss arising from such use or dissemination by Twitter," the letter said.
In addition to being against the law, the Sony letter said @bikinirobotarmy's tweets violate Twitter's terms of service. Sony asked Twitter to suspend the account immediately.
"[Sony Pictures Entertainment] does not consent to Twitter's or any Twitter account holder's possession, review, copying, dissemination, publication, uploading, downloading, or making any use of the Stolen Information, and to request your cooperation in suspending the Account Holder's Twitter account and the account of any other user seeking to disseminate the Stolen Information via Twitter," the letter said.
Broeksmit first received notice from Twitter that his account could be suspended on Thursday and was told one of his tweets violated Twitter's rules. The next day, Twitter told him the tweet had been removed and his account was unsuspended.
Broeksmit believes he tweeted a current email address of a Sony employee; in his following tweeted screenshots of Sony emails, he blacked out identifying information.
The artist started reading some of the hacked emails as entertainment while he was taking a break from working on new music and became more interested in the unprecedented look at Sony's inner workings, he said Monday.
"A billion-dollar company laid bare to the public like that is crazy," Broeksmit said.
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