Synopsis
In 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world. Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.
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The Billion Dollar Code
Cast
Leonard Scheicher Marius Ahrendt Mark Waschke Mišel Matičević Lavinia Wilson Seumas F. Sargent Elias Krischke Tulian Aczel Lukas Loughran Sabrina Amali Marcel Heupermann Johanna Polley Rauand Taleb Neda Rahmanian Reza Bojerdi Adrienn Bazso Oliver Kincses Steffen Jürgens Aljoscha Stadelmann Dominique Chiout Bernhard Schütz Julika Jenkins Thomas Douglas Clayton Nemrow András Bálint Alexis Latham Dan Cade Michelle Glick Anna Leong Brophy Show All…
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According to Google’s code of conduct, its tagline is “Don’t Be Evil,” but this limited series achieves to show the deniability of the directive and delivers it in an incredibly powerful way.
A harrowing look at Google’s stance on intellectual property. By all standards, The Billion Dollar Code is a success and meets all of its requirements. The acting is phenomenal. I’ve never seen an improved approach to hiring lead actors to represent the 20-year gap like that ever before. It delivers when all the connecting technical clarifications to the plot are provided in addition to enhancing the essential drama. The only efficient and compelling way to tell the narrative is through a back-and-forth approach, and the director did exactly…
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Zwei Internet-Nerds Anfang der 90er in Berlin, entwickeln mit "Terra Vision" eine Software, mit denen User digital zu allen Orten auf der Welt reisen können. Als ihre Software international durch die Decke geht und sie in der Silicon Valley den falschen Leuten vertrauen, landet ihre Idee und ihr Source Code in den falschen Händen. Und dann erschien Google Earth - der Rest ist Geschichte.
Zumindest die fiktionale Geschichte der Netflix-Miniserie The Billion Dollar Code. Basierend auf realen Events (Terra Vision und die in der Serie zu sehende Gerichtsverhandlung gab es wirklich) wird eine Coming of Age-Story mit der "David gegen Goliath"-Formel erzählt. Die Computer-Nerds mit der Milliardenidee werden vom Großkonzern Google verarscht und abgezockt. Dabei sagen die Macher ganz klar,…
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Fuck Google. Seriously. If even half of the facts in this based on true events story are true, it really shows you how unchecked these tech giants go about stealing, manipulating and eventually absorbing and/or make obsolete smaller companies of visionaries.
The filmmakers here use perfectly the blueprint of taking a real life story, keeping the core and dressing it around with superb elements to make it cinematic. The themes of intellectual theft, brotherhood, court room suspense are all here, delivered by great actors who portray fantastically written characters. The drama, the comedic elements, the injustice, the suspense. The double era intercut narrative between today and a perfectly nostalgic 90’s (and early 00’s). The exquisite electronic music. The fact that… -
enjoyed this not just because i got to see lavinia wilson in a suit but most of all bc the show itself was an extreme banger!!
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The Billion Dollar Code is just some amazing top tier storytelling. Great job giving recognition to the real guys behind Google Earth. Great way to tell the story with some great acting performances. If you liked The Social Network, give this a shot. One of the best series I've seen this year.
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This is a four episode miniseries that I watched over the course of a year, about one episode every three months, only whenever I was on a plane. Finally finished from PHX -> ORD
Interesting story about how google stole the idea for Google Earth from a German startup in the 1990s. Acting was really good and I understood a couple of the German words which was cool (e.g. Anwalt)
Didn't watch any movies on the flight out because I was watching the NFL draft. Just wanted to note for posterity that I think that the Falcons drafting Michael Penix was a good pick. We'll see how that take ages in a few years.
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"The Billion Dollar Code" von 2021 ist eine deutsche Drama Miniserie, die sich um zwei deutsche Software Entwickler dreht, die Google vorwerfen ihre Erfindung kopiert zu haben.
"1993 in Berlin, zwei IT-Visonäre entwickeln eine Software namens "Terra Vision", die es Benutzern ermöglicht, digital zu jedem Ort auf der Welt zu reisen. Als ihre Software international bekannt wird, geraten sie in Silicon Valley an falsche Personen. Ihre Idee sowie ihr Quellcode geraten in die falschen Hände. Jahre später verklagen diese Visionäre Google."
The Billion Dollar Code basiert auf einer wahren Begebenheit und zeigt geschickt die Ereignisse der Gründer von Terra Vision auf zwei Zeit Ebenen verteilt.
In nur vier Folgen und einer Spielzeit von knapp über 4 Stunden, erfahren wir eine…
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To be a hacker in Berlin in the 90s, just wow 🤩
I think telling a tech story through a deposition is really overdone. This also could have been a 90-120 minute movie! Seriously you guys when will these end?
That said, this was pretty entertaining! I hope the real life Terravision people got at least a little satisfaction and a bunch of Netflix money out of this.
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Have you noticed that “success” stories rarely inspire and instead reveal the apparent protagonist(s) to be the antagonist(s)? But the notion that that’s normal has been drilled into our heads to such an extent that we give a pass to all kinds of villainy while harping on about the need for more empathy in this world. Whereas it’s stories about “failure” that highlight the importance of human connections because they give you company and warmth, something that a million or even a billion followers or truckloads of revenue won’t give you. And that is essentially what the Netflix limited series, The Billion Dollar Code is all about.
Directed and written by Robert Thalheim along with co-writer Oliver Ziegenbalg, The Billion…
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