| BBS: The Documentary | |
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 DVD cover for BBS: The Documentary | |
| Directed by | Jason Scott |
| Written by | Jason Scott |
| Produced by | Nicole Sparks |
| Edited by | Jason Scott |
Release date |
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Running time | 4 hours 58 minutes |
| Language | English |
BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born from the creation of the bulletin board system (BBS) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott of textfiles.com.[1][2]
Production work began in July 2001, and completed in December 2004. The finished product began shipping in May 2005.[3]
Although the documentary was released under the Creative Commons Attribute-ShareAlike 2.0 License[4] and later under 3.0,[5] meaning that anyone can legally download it for free, the author has made it known that the downloadable version is only a fraction of the available material and recommends that individuals purchase the documentary DVDs.
- ^ Sanchez, Julian (December 2005). "The Prehistory of Cyberspace". Reason. Vol. 37, no. 7. pp. 61–67. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ Zetter, Kim (June 8, 2005). "How Humble BBS Begat Wired World". Wired.
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- ^ "BBS: The Documentary". 2005. Retrieved September 5, 2015.