Absolute must-watch BBC iplayer viewing - "Google and the World Brain"

[Monty91]

Available until 4th March.

Storyville docs are ace.

[Classic Jorge]

For some reason you can neither get Storyville or Jonathan Meades docs on DVD

[Monty91]

Probably too thick :-(

I loved his France ones though.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Monty91]

Storyville: Documentary which tells the story of the most ambitious project ever conceived on the internet and the people who tried to stop it. In 1937 HG Wells predicted the creation of the 'world brain', a giant global library that contained all human knowledge which would lead to a new form of higher intelligence. 70 years later the realisation of that dream was under way, as Google scanned millions of books for its Google Books website. However, over half those books were still in copyright and authors across the world launched a campaign to stop them, climaxing in a New York courtroom in 2011.

This is a film about the dreams, dilemmas and dangers of the internet, set in spectacular locations in China, USA, Europe and Latin America.

[Classic Jorge]

Like a camp Neil Kinnock

[Classic Jorge]

Because if you are sane and know essex you also hate it.

It also, also helps if you have a morbid fascination with one company towns.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Monty91]

My favourite was the Spanish monk whose entire world seemed to fall apart upon the suggestion that Google's benevolent offer to digitise his monastery's books may have had a commercial motive.

He actually let out some kind of barely audible cry for help, didn't he.

[Classic Jorge]

[Monty91]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84lmhult

[Supermac1976]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/starbug/herrlipp1.jpg

Alles klar.

[Monty91]

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

I get what he's doing, I just dont think he's as good at telly as he is at criticising telly

[Supermac1976]

[Monty91]

If nothing else, for a humble newspaper hack to make writing for TV look so effortless is pretty impressive, and also reminds you of how utterly **** most television is.

[Supermac1976]

http://www.tvgohome.com/tvgohome-040403.jpg