> i dunno. it'd turn in part on whether Sony exposed movie patrons to an unreasonable risk of harm by showing the movie. that could depend in part on how credible the threats were/are and what Sony knew about the threats' credibility.

Cancelling it initially gave Sony time to allow the threats to be fully investigated. I understand the 'stand up to terrorism, we won't bck down' angle, but that really shouldn't be sony's priority.

And of course if something did happen, you'd have all these 20/20 hindsight geniuses saying how irresponsible it was on sony's part to go through with the movie.