Google and the World Brain (2013)

Directed by

Ben Lewis

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at a project by Google to scan millions of books. It examines the legal fight over copyright that happened because of the project.

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What happens

Google and the World Brain is a 2013 documentary movie about the Google Books Library Project directed by Ben Lewis, produced by BBC, Polar Star Films, and Arte. The main focus of the plot is on the copyright controversy caused by the project that resulted in the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement from Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc. in 2013. The film features interviews with many figures concerned, including Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, then-senior Vice President of Google Amit Singhal, and Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. The use of World Brain in the title is taken from the H. G. Wells' collection of essays called World Brain. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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