{"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, &amp; 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 &#8211; to create a higher form of intelligence, something that HG Wells had predicted in his 1937 essay &#8220;World Brain&#8221;. 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>&#8220;Endlessly fascinating and engaging&#8230; It&#8217;s probably the best documentary you&#8217;ll see all year.\u201d\u00a0<strong>Huffington Post<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 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&#8211; 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 &#8211; 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, &amp; 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}]}}