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Internet governance: In praise of chaos. Internet n'a pas à être "civilisé" LE MONDE | • Mis à jour le | Par Patrice Lamothe, PDG du moteur de recherche communautaire Pearltrees et Thomas Gomart, directeur du développement stratégique à l'IFRI "Au e-G8, je me sens comme un Indien ou un Africain en train de regarder les puissances coloniales s'armer pour conquérir ma terre". Ce tweet du journaliste américain Jeff Jarvis résume le clivage entre le monde de l'Internet et ceux qui cherchent à le "civiliser", au premier rang duquel figure désormais Nicolas Sarkozy. Opération de communication, l'e-G8 aura eu le mérite de souligner l'importance croissante du numérique, longtemps cantonné en France à un secrétariat d'Etat, de mettre en scène des rapports de domination et surtout de révéler le choc de conception en matière de gouvernance entre les Etats et Internet.

Commande politique financée par des industriels et orchestrée par un groupe publicitaire, l'e-G8 aura finalement traduit une conception étroite du système international. Bienvenue à l’e-G8, le Davos du web. La grand messe d'Internet voulue par Nicolas Sarkozy se tient jusqu'à ce mercredi à Paris, avant le G8 de Deauville. Et la couleur industrielle de l'événement en effraie certains. Explications, avec des vrais morceaux de Maurice Lévy dedans. De la même manière que Cannes donne envie aux gens de faire des films, l’e-G8 doit être une vitrine du web. Dans la bouche de Maurice Lévy, puissant patron du groupe de communication Publicis et président de ce pré-sommet consacré aux questions numériques, cette phrase résonne comme un slogan publicitaire à destination des jeunes entrepreneurs. 1000 invités, des pointures internationales (Mark Zuckerberg de Facebook, Eric Schmidt de Google, Jeff Bezos d’Amazon, le magnat des médias Rupert Murdoch), un grand chapiteau, des ateliers, des stands où les jeunes pousses du web pourront s’exposer: le parfait environnement pour réfléchir à “l’impact d’Internet sur l’économie”… Quitte à oublier le reste.

Dans les tuyaux depuis 2006 Abandon de la gouvernance? E-direct de l’e-G8. Comme on pouvait s'y attendre, l'e-G8 ressemble à s'y méprendre au Forum économique mondial. Résumé des deux journées, vidéos, photos, verbatim et illustrations à l'appui. Cet article sera mis à jour tout au long de cet e-G8, par notre e-OWNIteam \o/ Retrouvez les points les plus importants: - Notre grille de Bullshit Bingo - “Ne faites pas de mal à Internet” - Tuyaux, propriété intellectuelle, et le ton monte - La société civile organise sa propre session - Un déjeuner à l’É-lysée - Et maintenant? Un immense chapiteau en forme d’Algeco géant, des centaines d’invités, des petits fours Lenôtre, quelques gros bonnets descendus de leur tour d’ivoire (Didier Lombard traversant le buffet), le décor de l’e-G8 est solidement planté.

Premier enseignement du Sarkozy 2.0: s’il a abandonné le concept impopulaire d’“Internet civilisé”, c’est pour mieux lui préférer la notion d’“Internet responsable”, une subtilité rhétorique qui a traversé l’ensemble de son allocution. John Perry Barlow, seul contre tous? Au e-G8, les olibrius et les incompétents veulent réguler Internet. Le e-G8 est en train de s’achever et on apprend que, conformément à ce que j’imaginais déjà lundi dernier, les conclusions sont déjà écrites, se foutent du citoyen et comptent bien permettre à l’agenda spécifique des états de se réaliser rapidement… C’était couru d’avance : dès le départ, l’e-G8 a été présenté comme un sommet, organisé par le président français, pour traiter d’Internet en présence d’autres chefs d’états et de gouvernements, avec des industriels fortunés et l’absence marquée de représentation citoyenne, sans aucun compte à rendre à la fin sur les décisions prises.

Aubaine évidente et arène grandiose pour se faire mousser, Sarkozy n’a donc pas lésiné sur les moyens, et se sera comporté exactement comme attendu. En entrée, on avait un événement artificiel chargé de faire son auto-promotion, en sortie, on a toujours le même artifice, mais on gagne l’absolue certitude que tout sera tenté pour museler un peu plus les nouvelles technologies. Evidemment, on va polir le discours. L’eG8 c’était vraiment génial ! A Hippocratic oath for the internet « BuzzMachine. First, do no harm. That is the message I would like to bring to the e-G8 summit on the internet gathered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy this week in Paris.

I am apprehensive about a meeting of government and industry that begins with the presumption that they wield authority over the internet, the people’s internet. Cory Doctorow decided not to attend, declaring it a “whitewash” for regimes that are at “war with the free, open net.” Perhaps that’s the right decision. Given the chance to go, I decided to witness it up close and say what I have to say so at least I can say I said it.

And that is this: The internet was born open, free, and distributed. Like John Perry Barlow, I believe that governments have no sovereignty in the net. Companies are also not to be trusted as protectors of the net. Some argue that protecting net neutrality is a form of government regulation. And what would such an assembly do? I welcome the discussion in Paris. I. Yes, President Sarkozy, you can do harm. World Service - World Have Your Say: On air at 1800GMT: #eG8, the Internet and us. The e-G8 forum: Can governments regulate the web? Fight back against Sarkozy's EG8 -- an exercise in censorship and control dressed up as a technology summit. Jeremie Zimmermann from La Quadrature du Net sez, The Internet is the place where we meet, speak, create, educate ourselves and organize.

However, as we are at a turning point in early web history, it could either become a prime tool for improving our societies, knowledge and culture, or a totalitarian tool of surveillance and control. After 15 years of fighting the sharing of culture in the name of an obsolete copyright regime, governments of the World are uniting to control and censor the Internet. The black-out of the Egyptian Net, the US government's reaction to Wikileaks, the adoption of website blocking mechanisms in Europe, or the plans for 'Internet kill switches' are all major threats on our freedom of expression and communication. These threats come from corporations and politicians, unsettled by the advent of the Internet. As a host of the G8, France's president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to step up centralized control over the Internet.

I was invited to the EG8 and declined. To argue for controls over the internet may not be cool, but it's right | Martin Kettle. Depending on how you see these things, you can argue that the prominence of a subject like global regulation of the internet on the agenda for the G8 leaders this week is proof of the Deauville summit's compelling importance.

Or alternatively, that it testifies to its abject irrelevance. The Anglo-Saxon temptation is to say that putting the internet on the agenda is a Deauville diversion conjured up by the incorrigibly dirigiste French state. Nicolas Sarkozy has always wanted to make the internet a frontline political issue. This week in Paris, he has hosted an "eG8", where he told an audience of online grandees, Rupert Murdoch among them, that the internet could not be a parallel universe without rules and that governments must not allow the internet to remain unchecked. Given France's top-down traditions and its complexes about the Anglo-world, David Cameron smells a rat. "We will not be regulating the internet any time soon," Downing Street announced prior to the summit. David Cameron to resist French plan for internet regulation | Technology.

David Cameron is to resist calls for international regulation of the web by Nicolas Sarkozy at the G8 summit. The French president will table proposals for controls on the internet on the first day of the conference of world leaders in Deauville, Normandy. Cameron's officials stressed they believed there were many hurdles and mechanisms before anyone could regulate the net internationally. "We will not be regulating the internet any time soon," said a Downing Street official. Sarkozy convened a conference in Paris attended by 1,000 digital executives. He warned them against monopoly control, copyright breaches and intrusions into personal privacy.

Referring to the British case in which Ryan Giggs was named on Twitter in defiance of a high court injunction, the French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, admitted the difficulties involved in striking a balance between freedom and regulation. He warned: "Your work can be considered historic and impacts on civilisation. Only a fool or Nicolas Sarkozy would go to war with Facebook | Technology | The Observer. Oscar Wilde described foxhunting as "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable".

If Wilde had been able to see the diminutive tyrant who is currently president of France going on last week about bringing the internet to heel, he might have updated his hunting metaphor to "the clueless in pursuit of the unattainable" perhaps. Sarkozy was speaking at the eG8, a gathering of those whom the French government thinks are the important players in the online world. But in a way, he was just acting as a mouthpiece for the political, judicial, commercial and security establishments which are becoming increasingly hysterical about the way the internet is upending their respective applecarts. In that sense, Sarky was echoing the fulminations of England's lord chief justice that "technology is out of control", by which he meant, as Peter Preston has pointed out, is beyond his control.

But Mark Zuckerberg is, apparently, determined to change this. Deep waters, eh? G8 vs INTERNET. The Best Tweets From eG8. [Infographic] Top buzz from the e-G8 Forum Days 1 & 2. Telecomix: Eric Schmidt say:"Technolo... Communiqué Final a fuité... avant la fin... "The internet is the new frontier..."... #eG8 : conversation avec Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook. Facebook founder Zuckerberg tells G8 summit: don't regulate the web | Technology. Leading internet figures have warned world political leaders against trying to regulate the web, telling them to leave alone a process that has flourished without government interference. Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, wearing a rare suit and tie, told leaders at the G8 that excessive regulation would not work, and called for more investment in high-speed technology. G8 leaders agreed a communique in which they welcomed the role of the net in providing economic growth and personal freedom, but also warned of its threat to privacy and intellectual property.

The wording reflects tensions within the G8 over the determination of President Nicolas Sarkozy to push regulation of the net up the political agenda, including protection of intellectual property. He staged a two-day conference on the issue in Paris before the summit, and five of the leading participants, including Zuckerberg, reported on their deliberations. "But it's hard to have one without the other. Zuckerberg and Schmidt warn on over-regulation of web. 25 May 2011Last updated at 22:36 Mark Zuckerberg stressed the internet couldn't be split into parts Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google boss Eric Schmidt have warned governments worldwide not to over-regulate the internet.

Mr Zuckerberg said governments cannot cherry pick which aspects of the web to control and which not to. The two are leading a group of internet pioneers to the G8 summit in France. The delegation will deliver recommendations thrashed out at the first e-G8 gathering in Paris this week. Although e-G8 had the blessing of President Sarkozy, world leaders are under no obligation to listen to its findings. The comments by Mr Zuckerberg and Mr Schmidt reflect growing concerns in the industry about government censorship. "People tell me on the one hand 'It's great you played such a big role in the Arab spring [uprisings], but it's also kind of scary because you enable all this sharing and collect information on people'," said Facebook's founder. 'Public good'

EG8 FORUM : 3 questions à Jeff Jarvis‬‏ E-G8 Forum : le résumé. Voila c’est fini 2 jours de e-G8 avec plus de 1500 invités. On peut dire ce qu’on veut sur le président Sarkozy, en tout cas il faut lui reconnaitre qu’il nhesite pas à prendre des risques dans un contexte compliqué sur la loi et internet, hadopi. En tout ca bravo Mr le président, pour ce 1er e-G8 forum ce que j’en retient : 1/ Plus d’harmonisation fiscale pour respecter la concurrence rappelons que Google ne paye pas ses impôts aux US, mais ds un paradis fiscal 2/ Il faut vouloir changer le monde être passionné pour réussir sur internet en gros il faut être jeune, américains et domicilié sa boite en Irlande :-) non l’eg8 en photo et video : l’ouverture de l’eG8 par le Président de la République et Maurice Levy et la fermeture par Mark Zuckerberg et Maurice Levy Ma selection de photos : Prince Al Waleed Ropert Murdoch.

[EN] La société civile s'en va t'en guerre à l' e-G8. Twitter's European boss warns users may face court. 25 May 2011Last updated at 16:19 Tony Wang has been appointed European Twitter boss Twitter's new European boss has suggested that users who break privacy injunctions by posting on the site could face the UK courts. Tony Wang said people who did "bad things" needed to defend themselves. He warned that the site would hand over user information to the authorities where they were "legally required". Lawyers are challenging Twitter in court to reveal the identities of Twitter users who violated a super-injunction. MP John Hemming named Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs in Parliament on Monday as the footballer who had used a super-injunction to hide an alleged affair, after Mr Giggs' name had been widely aired on Twitter.

Responding to a question from BBC News at the e-G8 forum in Paris, Mr Wang said: "Platforms have a responsibility, not to defend that user but to protect that user's right to defend him or herself". Little sympathy "The US is going to be absolutely inflexible on this point. The angry chatroom that is the e-G8 forum. 25 May 2011Last updated at 11:35 By Iain Mackenzie Technology reporter, BBC News Some participants at the e-G8 worried that French President Nicolas Sarkozy set up the event to protect governments and big business If the intention of the French in setting-up the e-G8 forum was to replicate some of the frisson of its big brother, the G8 summit, then they succeeded.

The factions and fissures of the technology world are well known - as they are in grown-up politics - but rarely do they face off in the real world. What is going on in Paris right now is like the physical manifestation of an angry internet chat room. Imagine if the Pirate Bay came face-to-face with Sony BMG, or a teenage downloader was confronted by a major movie distributer. So it was when a panel of internet luminaries took to the stage to debate intellectual property (IP). Continue reading the main story “Start Quote I don't regard my expression as a form of property. End QuoteJames Perry BarlowFormer Grateful Dead lyricist. Eg8-vs. Eg8 societecivile. Conférence de presse de la Société Civile lors de l'eG8 Lawrence Lessig (law teacher Creative Commons founder) Jeff Jarvis (american journalist), Jean-François Julliard (secrétaire général de RSF) Susan Crawford (former ICANN board member l'ICANN) Jérémie Zimmermann (spokesman of La Quadrature du Net).

Yochai Benkler (co-directeur du Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet). [edit] Jérémie Zimmermann Thank you, everyone to be here, sorry for the improvising and the impromptu condition of this press conference, as you also know, there is very very little, if any, representation of civil society in this eG8. In last minute on Thursday, they threw in some foldable chairs for us, they improvised some freedom of expression panel just to say that our issues were represented after all. But what we saw yesterday was Nicolas Sarkozy addressing only CEOs and business actors, telling them You are the Internet, You are the revolution and You are doing everything. [edit] Susan Crawford Thank you.

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