{"id":4097,"date":"2014-06-12T21:46:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T19:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbrainthefilm.com\/_POLARSTARFILMS2020\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2021-02-23T21:48:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T19:48:06","slug":"google-and-the-world-brain-available-on-dvd-and-streaming-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/google-and-the-world-brain-available-on-dvd-and-streaming-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Google and the World Brain available on DVD and streaming worldwide!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since it\u2019s World Premiere in Sundance 2013, \u201c<strong>Google and the World Brain<\/strong>\u201d has been screened at more than 70 festivals, including Sheffield DOC\/FEST, DOXA, CPH:DOX, San Francisco, New York, & Real Film to mention but a few, and broadcasted on more than 20 channels worldwide. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4093 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbrainthefilm.com\/_POLARSTARFILMS2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Google-and-the-World-brain.png\" alt=\"Google and the World brain\" width=\"351\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Google-and-the-World-brain.png 351w, https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Google-and-the-World-brain-250x157.png 250w, https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Google-and-the-World-brain-200x125.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/>Furthermore, earlier this year the film was awarded the prestigious journalism award:\u00a0<strong>First Place National Headliner Award for Documentary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t had the opportunity to watch it yet, don\u2019t worry! DVDs are on sale now from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shop.polarstarfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polar Star Films Shop<\/a><\/strong>, and, for you digital bunnies, we are also delighted to announce that it\u2019s available for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/watch_google-and-the-world-brain.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streaming worldwide now on our website through Distrify<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary tells the story of the most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet. In 2002 Google began to scan millions of books in an effort to create a giant global library, containing every book in existence. They had an even greater purpose \u2013 to create a higher form of intelligence, something that HG Wells had predicted in his 1937 essay \u201cWorld Brain\u201d. But over half the books Google scanned were in copyright, and authors across the world launched a campaign to stop Google, which climaxed in a New York courtroom in 2011. A film about the dreams, dilemmas and dangers of the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>This is what the press said about the film:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEndlessly fascinating and engaging\u2026 It\u2019s probably the best documentary you\u2019ll see all year.\u201d\u00a0<strong>Huffington Post<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lucas McNelly<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Google and the World Brain\u2019 is a masterful documentary. It will undoubtedly have an effect on anyone who sees it.\u201d\u00a0<strong>Indiewire<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Julie Fischer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Ben Lewis\u2019s well-argued documentary shows, Google started their bold initiative apparently without realising the storm it would create. But opposition came from authors who held the copyright to their books: they regarded Google\u2019s scheme as corporate theft.\u201d The Telegraph \u2013 David Gritten,<\/p>\n<p>To buy the DVD please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shop.polarstarfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.shop.polarstarfilms.com<\/a><br \/>\nTo watch online please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/watch_google-and-the-world-brain.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/watch_google-and-the-world-brain.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it\u2019s World Premiere in Sundance 2013, \u201cGoogle and the World Brain\u201d has been screened at more than 70 festivals, including Sheffield DOC\/FEST, DOXA, CPH:DOX, San Francisco, New York, &#038; Real Film to mention but a few, and broadcasted on more than 20 channels worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":4093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4098,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions\/4098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}