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This series was not drawn out. It had subplots and great character development. Based on true story of terra earth being around for 5 yrs when google stole it. I was hoping to see Netlist mentioned in the series as their memory saved google 1/2 electric cost and got search results in 1/2 the time. This gave them unfair advantage over other search engines. Everything google achieved was only because they stole, cheated and lied to get there. Squashing small startups daily. This 4 part series gives a great picture of what I'm talking about. Presented not as a documentary but rather a true story drama. I didn't get lost, or bored, or confused at all. Hope people watch this short series!

I had no knowledge of this infringement until today.

This series is an eye-opener.

Recommended for every entrepreneurs. Nice series. I really believe, "Without Terravision, Google Earth would never have been possible."

A Netflix series powerfully seeks justice for the creators of the real Google Earth!

This is a story that everyone should see. Everyone.

"Don't be Evil" is stated as Google's catchphrase from their code of conduct- well, except when you are being evil and screwing people out of their intellectual property.

An eye-opening view of Google and their approach to IP.

It is very important that stories like these which are true are shown to the world. People should know what these big companies are made off and that it is all deceit, lies and lawsuits.

The show tells an unexpected story about the people who were the original brains behind Google Earth invention and the result of corporations stealing and using other people ideas ... Remember when Apple bought Mouse patent for 1000$ from Xerox, well that's a very similar story... Honestly it's great such stories come out of nowhere , not only you learn so much about an everyday thing you use, but it can completely catch you by surprise... Cheers to the original devs, if not for you I'd be hiking much less...

I don't think much of this series bears any relationship to a true story but it's well made and raises very interesting points about developing a start-up and protecting your IP.

Good acting directing and script. I'd recommend it.

Very interesting and enlightening. Very good picture of Berlin in the 90s and the acting is superb. Mark Waschke, as always, steals every scene he's in.

...followed by: "...Because We Have the Patent on It"!!

The facade of the truly fascist Google corporation once again revealed to anyone paying attention. They are killers in more ways than one.

Why is it a non story? For a few simple reasons: 1. Against all odds, a David attacks a Goliath and, guess what?, he loses...big story uh?

2. You don't need to be a lawyer to know that patent trials are so difficult to be be almost impossible to win; so this is just the story of another one who bites the dust in this arena.

3. Ok then, we are left with the story of the big bad corporation smashing the hopes of a small startup of young geniuses; well, I'll break the news here that the road to Silicon Valley is paved with stolen ideas, or more simply by people pulling together a series of other ideas and making a bigger one out of it.

4. And then, let's face it: the two youngsters were definitely very smart, probably genuinely genius; but let's face it, they were so naive to border dumb, they made an endless series of mistakes, so e of them even gross. And you know what? Life's tough, there are consequences and hoping that you get a free pass just because you're young, you're smart and enthusiastic is just pure kumbaya 5. Last but not least, the performances and the production values of this overlong series are subpar to be kind; maybe the producers embraced the "garage spirit" of the protagonists...

Behind the carefully crafted image lies a corporation built on appropriation of ideas for which due credit was never given.

Well made.

The series develops in a surprisingly varied way. Just when I thought the story was finished, it really got going and the fantastic Mark Waschke, Misel Maticevc and Lavinia Wilson shine as the older versions of their characters. Original and rousing series with great settings and dialogues, which increases as it goes on That all this will not be far from reality makes it especially interesting.

Luke Loughran and Seumas F. Sargent are also very convincing!

I would like to say that it was frustrating to see this show and they did not recognize that they copied the idea. They stole their story. Revolting. I hope They fix it in the future.

We are the bad guy of the earth! Us Americans think we are the good guys instead we are the bad guys of the story. Look at what we do in other countries! We choose the leaders in other third world countries calling it democracy. Instead we are tyrants choosing the leaders for them. This movie is an eye opener that helps reveal the dirty laundry of the CIA and the horrible thing that the U. S. Government has done around the world as per Edward Snowden has explained over and over. There are no conspiracy theories this is a reality. Reality check! Set your pride aside! This series will have you thinking about all the patents that our American companies have acquired since Edison has been around since he stole patents from Tesla. Clear throat.

This is one of the finest tech web series highlighting the odds faced by 2 techies in the early internet era. Credit goes to the casting and makeup department for a terrific choice of actors before and after the incidents.

The plot is about the legal battle between Art+com and Google over patent infringement. The characters are well portrayed as a wannabe Steve Jobs entrepreneur and a naive coder who is unaware of the consequences.

This is a fictional account of the events and guess Netflix took it up only to make people aware about such a product called TerraVision, which existed before Google Earth. Good watch!!

Anyone who loves tech and the stories behind the people who come up with the ideas as well as have knowledge to make it possible, well this one is a must watch.

Best weekend ever for me.

Interesting story, but four long episodes seemed a bit too stretched out to cover what was, for most of the time, a quasi-documentary. Very little action, apart from the main characters discussing whether Google had infringed the patent.

By about E3 I was beginning to doubt whether I really cared about how it finished, but the sketchy drama was redeemed somewhat by the courtroom scenes, which were well-handled.

I didn't think this was as strong as The Social Network, but it was worth watching.

Not a shred of truth in the entire series. Dragged myself through episode one and stopped watching after 150 seconds of episode two.

"Based on a true story" is a pretty powerful phrase, when used maliciously makes fairy tales turn into reality TV.

It doesn't take a minute of research to confirm the facts. But why exactly would someone do that if you wanna watch propaganda anyway?

If you want the TL;DR: They literally stole the code given to them by Stanford Research Institute shown in 1994, presented it the next year as their own project, and patented it. The patent was ultimately invalidated.

And that's not the half of it. If you ask ANYONE who's ever worked in tech at that period, they will tell you how absolutely impossible it was to process that kind of data then, let alone by a single machine or in this case, actual criminal basement hackers.

Superb acting, great dramatised story. But you end up hating google (and lawyers) very very much !

I also loved how the younger and older versions of each actor was shown, totally believable.

This shows how big companies profit from the innovative spirit of the people. It's about money taking advantage of those who cannot afford to bring their ideas to live by themselves. It's about sharing the perception of inequality of our modern society.

Don't let your ideas, visions and creations be stolen. Take care...