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SummaryThe merits of the world's largest data search engine Google are great. Google enables many people to access information, is efficient in the bundling and dissemination of knowledge and in the storage of traditional knowledge. However, the monopoly on information makes its misuse easy. The collection of reader and user data and their systematic evaluation for advertising and political purposes, possibilities for demagogic influence, the handling of copyrights, services offered by the new web browser Chrome and Google Maps raise questions about the "uncontrolled world power on the Internet" (Gerald Reischl). What happens if Google continues to expand its supremacy in archiving books, texts, photos and films and thus decides what is generally usable and accessible? The 23rd Akademie-Gespräch takes up the current public debates, opinions and contributions about Google. The discussion at the Academy will, however, focus on the cultural consequences of digitization and its effects on art.
Mercedes Bunz "Der Tagesspiegel" Editor-in-Chief Online
Thierry Chervel co-founder and editor of Perlentaucher.de
Annette Kroeber Riel Google's European Policy Counsel for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Gerald Reischl Author of the book "The Google Trap", 2008
Peter Schaar Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Klaus Staeck President of the Academy of the Arts
(Source: Internet presence of the Academy of Arts)
