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North Korean animation outsourcing for Amazon, HBO Max series

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Re: North Korean animation outsourcing for Amazon, HBO Max series

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1123581321 wrote: post #21
jsiepkes wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So all that's required would then just be to outsource it to a bunch of companies who then outsource it and then claim you have: "no knowledge"? You're the one outsourcing, so it's your responsibility. The entire chain.

Yes, of course, but I was asking what level of due diligence is expected to verify that the chain does not violate sanctions. In other words, when a problem like this is discovered, the US State Department will assign more blame to the company if their attempts to avoid violating sanctions fell below a threshold; what is that threshold for the arts industry.

> Yes, of course, but I was asking what level of due diligence is expected to verify that the chain does not violate sanctions.

The same as you were employing them directly.

Re: North Korean animation outsourcing for Amazon, HBO Max series

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godelski wrote: post #20

Seems like a difficult problem to solve. It shows the importance of paying close attention. NK has shown to be quite good at bypassing sanctions but it seems that the link is almost always through China. It would seem that the best way to go about this would be through stricter negotiations with them, since they are already acting as a significant intermediary. Either they know about this or the great firewall is not…

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Post by noodlesUK »

godelski wrote: post #20

Seems like a difficult problem to solve. It shows the importance of paying close attention. NK has shown to be quite good at bypassing sanctions but it seems that the link is almost always through China. It would seem that the best way to go about this would be through stricter negotiations with them, since they are already acting as a significant intermediary. Either they know about this or the great firewall is not…

It’s certainly interesting seeing the thread get attacked so obviously - that’s a first as far as I’ve seen on HN.

In terms of the actual story I think that we should be careful not to introduce insane KYC for contractors just to avoid the NK boogeyman.

If such measures were introduced, that would seriously restrict the ability to work with people from around the world. I also fear that scammy companies such as id.me will lobby for such measures in order to extract profit from companies who want to contract abroad, all the while not actually stopping sophisticated threat actors.

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