Das Internet ist weltweit ein großer Bestandteil unseres täglichen Lebens geworden – Anlass für die großen Industriestaaten, erstmals einen G-8-Internet-Gipfel zu veranstalten. In Paris waren die Großen der Branche wie Facebook, Google oder Wikipedia mit…
[…] Ce sommet, organisé par l’Élysée et l’agence de communication Publicis, se veut la première conférence consacrée à Internet, dans le sillage du G8
Ce e-G8 a été voulu par Nicolas Sarkozy, président en exercice du G8, en préparation du traditionnel sommet des chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement, où l’internet figure pour la première fois à l’ordre du jour.
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The signatories of this statement are representatives of civil society from around the world working towards the promotion of Internet freedom, digital rights, and open communication.
Introduces new “blueprint” for Intellectual Property Rights to “boost creativity and innovation.” Strategy involves preventing access to counterfeit goods and services online while at the same increasing and simplifying access to legitimate alternatives. […]
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Paris, May 24th, 2011 – The “eG8 forum” is a smokescreen behind which hides an alarming alliance of governments attempting to control the Internet and a few corporations making profits from restricting online freedomsEvery plenary…
Paris, May 23rd, 2011 – Tomorrow, the EU Commission will release its “intellectual property rights strategy” [Update: See the IPR strategy on the Commission’s website]. Unsurprisingly, leaks show that the Commission will call for preventing…
Paris, May 20th, 2011 – A detailed analysis of exchanges between the French President and his former Minister of Foreign Affairs on G8 related matters appears in tomorrow’s edition of the French magazine Marianne. La…
Paris, May 17th, 2011 – Next week, Nicolas Sarkozy will be convening the “eG8 forum”, just two days ahead of a G8 summit that will focus on Internet policy. Disguised as a pseudo-consultative process, this…
Jeremie Zimmermann from La Quadrature du Net sez,
As a host of the G8, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to step up centralized control over the Internet. He has convened world leaders to a summit aimed…