e-g8 forum summary

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e G8 Forum

Internet Regulation or Net Freedom?


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Background

24th 25th May 2011 Paris, France

Hosted by French Republic President, Nicolas Sarkozy

Delegates included members of the digital ecosystem


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The importance of the role that the Internet nowplays in our personal as well as our professional

lives, and the opportunities but also thechallenges that the network represents for oursocieties, our economies and our cultures, haveled me to propose that the topic be included onthe agenda of the summit of Heads of State andgovernments that will take place in Deauville onMay 26 and 27.

- Nicolas SarkozyPresident, The French Republic


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In case you missed it...

e-G8 was Sarkozy's initiative to bring together majorInternet stakeholders and members of the digital

ecosystem to discuss issues pertaining to the Internet

The conclusion to these discussions would bepresented to the G8 by a delegation from the

conference

President Sarkozy had asked that the Internet bediscussed as an agenda at the G8


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Forum Agenda

The Internet and Economic Growth

The Internet and Society

Future Net: Whats Next?

Intellectual Property in the Digital Age

Fostering Innovation

Digital Transformation


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How will the Internet contribute to the

creation of more wealth, more jobs, morefreedom? How can we go further? How, too,can we be even more respectful of the rights ofothers their intellectual creations and their

private lives? How can we ensure a properbalance in value sharing? How can we be bothfree of constraint and responsible?

- Maurice LvyChairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe


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Sarkozy's Remarks

He extolled the virtues of the Internet Open,Participative and Free

He cautioned against its excesses

His case to the world: The dynamism of the online

world should be civilized to respect privacy, securityand intellectual property rights.


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The universe you represent is not a paralleluniverse. Nobody should forget thatgovernments are the only legitimaterepresentatives of the will of the people in our

democracies. To forget this is to riskdemocratic chaos and anarchy.

- Nicolas Sarkozy

President, The French Republic


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The Internet is the new frontier, a territory toconquer. - Sarkozy. And I am in Paris to stophim. #eG8

- John Perry Barlow (@JPBarlow)Founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation


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"Technology will move faster thangovernments, so don't legislate before youunderstand the consequences...nobody who isa delegate here would want Internet growth tobe slowed by some stupid rule."

- Eric Schmidt

Executive Chairman, Google


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At #eG8, government acts as if it should protectus from the Internet. Instead, the Internet needsprotection from government.

- Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis)Associate Professor, City University of New York


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#eG8 Value of Internet is not just efficiency buttransparency a much better regulator thangovernment could ever be.

- Esther Dyson (@edyson)Digital Technology Journalist


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So what does e-commerce have to do with it?

Given the amount of e-commerce taking placeonline, some degree of regulation makes sense.

- Christine LagardeFrench Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry

To gain the full economic benefits of the Internet,

governments must allow some degree of openness.

- Hillary ClintonUS Secretary of State


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Civil Society Response

Expanding Internet access for all

Combating digital censorship and surveillance

Limiting online intermediary liability

Upholding principles of net neutrality


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Civil Society Response

All action taken against illicit activity on the networkmust be aimed at those directly responsible for such

activities, and not at the means of access and transport,always upholding the fundamental principles offreedom, privacy and the respect for human rights.

- Principles forthe Governance and Use of the Internet

Brazilian Government


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Internet Bill of Rights

The very architecture of the Internet is its bestprotection

- Jeff Jarvis

Associate Professor, City University of New York

Right to connect

Protection of free speech

Right to act

Right to assemble


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e-G8 delegation to the G8

Maurice Lvy, the Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupeand Chairman of the e-G8

Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten

Yuri Milner, CEO of Digital Sky Technologies

Stphane Richard, CEO of France Telecom-Orange

Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook.


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e-G8 delegation emphasis

Internet is a powerful vector of individual fulfillment,free expression and personal development

Internet is a positive force for change, capable ofrenewing the way in which groups and organizationscooperate and act

The Internet is also a strong economic locomotive,creating wealth and jobs


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e-G8 delegation emphasis

Invited the G8 leaders to ensure proactive policiesregarding investment in order to guarantee all citizens

access to an Internet that is free, rapid and safe.

The exponential growth in the flow of information,and the increasing interconnection of networks

Called for action by public authorities to ensure thestability, security and development of the physicalinfrastructure without which the Internet could notexist.


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G8 Response

The openness, transparency and freedom of theInternet have been key to its development and success.These principles, together with those of non-

discrimination and fair competition, must continue tobe an essential force behind its development.

Freedom of opinion, expression, information,assembly and association must be safeguarded on theInternet as elsewhere. Arbitrary or indiscriminatecensorship or restrictions on access to the Internet areinconsistent with States international obligations andare clearly unacceptable. Furthermore, they impede

economic and social growth


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References

http://www.eg8forum.com/en/http://www.businessinsider.com/eg8-francehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304520804576343023

926886188.html http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/eg8-2011-internet-freedom-ip-copyright.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/technology/25tech.html?_r=1 http://gov20.govfresh.com/g8-the-internet-has-become-the-public-

arena-for-our-time/ http://www.g20-g8.com/g8-g20/g8/english/live/news/renewed-commitment-for-freedom-and-democracy.1314.html http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2011/06/14/e-g8-governments-acknowledge-importance-of-open-internet/

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