Name: A free digital library
Uploaded: 2008-09-10T01:00:00Z
Duration: 19 min 44 s
Description: Brewster Kahle is building a truly huge digital library -- every book ever published, every movie ever released, all the strata of web history ... It's all free to the public -- unless someone else gets to it first.

Brewster Kahle: A free digital library

A free digital library

Brewster Kahle is building a truly huge digital library -- every book ever published, every movie ever released, all the strata of web history ... It's all free to the public -- unless someone else gets to it first.

Universal access to all knowledge is finally possible thanks to today's technology and plummeting storage costs. For less than the price of a house, every book in the Library of Congress could be stored digitally and made available worldwide. This vision extends beyond books to music, film, and the web, promising to put humanity’s greatest works into every hand. The real challenge now is ensuring these resources stay free and accessible, rather than falling into private control.