The American giant was accused of stealing the code that gave rise to one of its greatest applications.
This german miniseries directed by Robert Thalheim tells a story known in the world of computing. It was released in 2021 and is available on the Netflix platform, your name “The Billion Dollar Code”. The script was written by Oliver Ziegenbalg.
The race for technological advances in the 90s gave rise to major international conflicts between companies. Therefore, this series focuses on one of the biggest scandals that broke out during the new millennium. With a total duration of 265 minutes, it shows what happened to Google Earth.
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What it is about The Code of Discord, Netflix miniseries
The year was 1994, when some German programmers developed codeor rather an algorithm that allowed obtaining, through satellite information, images from all over the world detailing the coordinates they wanted to search for. 10 years later Google Earth appeared, which apparently had exactly the same code that these young people had developed.
Terra Vision, developed in Germany, had a twin brother, Google Earth, born in Silicon Valley a few years later without any type of consultation or authorization. From then on, a legal fight between two German hackers against one of the largest companies in the world would begin.
Trailer for The Code of Discord, Netflix miniseries
Cast of The Code of Discord, Netflix miniseries
- Marius Ahrendt (Juri Müller)
- Leonard Scheicher (Cartein Schlüter)
- Mark Waschke (Carsten Schlüter)
- Mišel Matievi (Juri Müller)
- Lavinia Wilson (Lea Hauswirth)
- Seumas Sargent (Eric Spears)
Source: Ambito
