Steve Heckler, a senior vice president at Sony Pictures Entertainment, declared that his company would "develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at its source -- we will block it at your cable company, we will block it at your phone company, we will block it at your ISP. We will firewall it at your PC." The ensuing public relations firestorm forced Sony to disavow his Churchillian comments.

Dec., 2000 Red Herring

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