GOOGLE AND THE WORLD BRAIN presented by URI's Harrington School of Communication & Media and in partnership with Redwood Library & Athenaeum

All proceeds will benefit both newportFILM & the Library.

BUY TICKETS: http://www.newportfilm.com/film-events/films/google-and-world-brain

GOOGLE AND THE WORLD BRAIN
Presented by URI's Harrington School of Communication & Media 
In partnership with Redwood Library & Athenaeum 

Wednesday, October 30
Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody Street

6:00 PM Wines by Jonathan Edwards Winery & Hors d'oeuvres
7:00 PM Film, followed by post-film Q&A with film subjects

Tickets: $25
$15 for Redwood Library members

Purchase at: http://www.newportfilm.com/film-events/films/google-and-world-brain

Watch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RZkdkobK99A

About the film:
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 - to create a higher form of intelligence, something that HG Wells had predicted in his 1937 essay "World Brain". 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. 

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