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Google and the world brain / director, Ben Lewis ; producer, Bettina Walter ; UK producer, Viva Van Loock ; a Polar Star Films & B.L.T.V. Ltd Film.
LIBRA DVD 025 902
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Google Library Project.
- Google (Firm).
- Digital libraries.
- Access to knowledge movement.
- Copyright and digital preservation.
- Copyright infringement.
- Fair use (Copyright).
- Intellectual property.
- Libraries and the Internet.
- Electronic books.
- Books--Digitization.
- Books.
- Libraries--Forecasting.
- Libraries.
- Books / Digitization.
- Libraries / Forecasting.
- Local Subjects:
- Access to knowledge movement.
- Books / Digitization.
- Copyright and digital preservation.
- Copyright infringement.
- Digital libraries.
- Electronic books.
- Fair use (Copyright).
- Intellectual property.
- Libraries / Forecasting.
- Libraries and the Internet.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Educational films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, Mass. : Media Education Foundation, [2013]
- Language Note:
- In English with some dialogue in French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese with optional yellow English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC.
- digital optical
- NTSC
- video file DVD video
- Summary:
- In 2007, Google launched a massive project to scan millions of books from university library collections. But when it was discovered that over half of the first ten million books Google scanned were still in copyright, authors from around the world joined together to wage a fierce legal battle against the Internet giant, culminating in a courtroom showdown in 2011. This film covers the struggle over intellectual property and access to human knowledge, offering insights into broader debates surrounding data-mining and privacy, downloading and copyright, fair use, freedom and surveillance.
- Contents:
- Full feature (93 min.)
- Abridged version for classroom use (54 minutes).
- Participant:
- Featuring interviews with: Warden Boyd Rayward, Kaiser Kuo, Mian Mian, Jean-Noël Jeanneney, Roland Reuss, Amit Singhal, Shojiro Akashi, Evgeny Morozov, Luis Collado, Damià Roure, Jordi Torres, Reginald Carr, Richard Ovenden, Robert Darnton, Lewis Hyde, Kevin Kelly, Brewster Kahle, Jaron Lanier, Lawrence Lessig, Pamela Samuelson, Clay Shirky, Sidney Verba, Ray Kurzweil and H.G. Wells actor Brendan Price. Voice performers: Nicolas Chapman, Molly Malcolm, Joshua Zamrycki.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Frank-Peter Lehmann ; editor, Simon Barker ; music, Lucas Ariel Vallejos.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- Includes full length version and abridged version.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1932869824
- 9781932869828
- OCLC:
- 859810437
- Publisher Number:
- 897952001779
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