Considering that the Daily Mail article cites a Sony press release, and says they contacted Sony about it, I'd guess that it's real.
Mind you, I prefer The Inquirer's take on the subject:
Sony finally goes mad
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Mind you, I prefer The Inquirer's take on the subject:
Sony finally goes mad
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012