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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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