PARIS - His relations with the Internet are not always easy. Yet Nicolas Sarkozy has decided to devote a special G8 to the Internet, to discuss many issues concerning the Internet and who now occupy the political agenda of governments. The summit will be held on 24 and 25 May in Paris. Managers were invited largest groups in the world.
Among the guests, there will be Eric Schmidt (Google), Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia) Jack Ma (Alibaba), Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). Participants of course the representatives of French companies, such as Xavier Niel (Free Iliad), Jacques-Antoine Granjon (Vente-privée), Marc Simoncini (Meetic).
Sarkozy, who this year holds the presidency of the G8 and G20, wants to discuss issues such as copyright and the financing of the cultural sector, protection of privacy, cloud computing, web security. The French leader had announced the idea of a G8 summit dedicated to the Internet last December, shortly after the release of cablegrams of Wikileaks.
The French president has often been the subject of harsh criticism in the world of the web, particularly since the adoption of Hadopi law, which punishes the illegal downloading of music and movies. The Elysium has a team that only deals with new technologies and two months ago, Sarkozy had invited to dinner with some bloggers to explain that the Internet can not continue to be a no man's land and it needs a new "global governance".
Just this week the Minister Eric Besson went on to explain the objectives of the Paris Summit in Silicon Valley, with visits to places of Twitter, Facebook, Google et Intel. Besson, owner of Industry, will meet with Aneesh Chopra, the director of Barack Obama for new technologies. Whatever the intentions, wanted the summit in Paris by French President threatens to raise new irony and criticism from the people of the Net 
Among the guests, there will be Eric Schmidt (Google), Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia) Jack Ma (Alibaba), Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). Participants of course the representatives of French companies, such as Xavier Niel (Free Iliad), Jacques-Antoine Granjon (Vente-privée), Marc Simoncini (Meetic).
Sarkozy, who this year holds the presidency of the G8 and G20, wants to discuss issues such as copyright and the financing of the cultural sector, protection of privacy, cloud computing, web security. The French leader had announced the idea of a G8 summit dedicated to the Internet last December, shortly after the release of cablegrams of Wikileaks.
The French president has often been the subject of harsh criticism in the world of the web, particularly since the adoption of Hadopi law, which punishes the illegal downloading of music and movies. The Elysium has a team that only deals with new technologies and two months ago, Sarkozy had invited to dinner with some bloggers to explain that the Internet can not continue to be a no man's land and it needs a new "global governance".
Just this week the Minister Eric Besson went on to explain the objectives of the Paris Summit in Silicon Valley, with visits to places of Twitter, Facebook, Google et Intel. Besson, owner of Industry, will meet with Aneesh Chopra, the director of Barack Obama for new technologies. Whatever the intentions, wanted the summit in Paris by French President threatens to raise new irony and criticism from the people of the Net
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