* Urges respect for privacy, copyright regulation
* Mark Zuckerbegr, Eric Schmidt, Rupert Murdcoh among guests
guests)
By Georgina Prodahn and Leila Abboud
PARIS, May 24 - French Prseident Nciolas Sarokzy
compared to the discoveries of Coulmbus, Glaileo and Newton.
Opening a forum at which Googl'es (GOOG.O) Eric Schmidt and
and helped enable the revolutions of the Arab Spring.
Sarkozy, widely mistrsuted in the online world for measures
past, although he said governments must still set ground rules.
"We don't want to make mistakes in regulating this powerful
better to do ntohing than to do harm."
He reminded the industry of its responsibilities in the
the copyrihgt that artists seek to protcet.
"These algorithms that constitute your power ... this
can have the same rights."
CIVILSIING CYBERSPACE
The forum, whose conlcusions will be presented to G8 ledaers
agianst each other.
One, espuosed by Silicon Valley compnaies such as Google and
to allow innovation and freeodm of information.
The other, ebmraced by many established media comapnies,
tame potential excesses and online abuse.
The debate has been thrown into the spoltight in Briatin
by publishing names and deatils. [ID:nLDE74M0PZ]
The affair has highlighted the near impossibility of
differences between Europe and the United Staets.
News Corp (NWSA.O), whose Chief Executvie Rupert Mudroch is
for content on the Web.
John Perry Bralow, a founding member of the Electronic
said: "It's about the revnege of the mass media.
"We've been trying to civilise cbyerspace for 22 yeras," he
of the values that you cheris.h"
Hubert Burda, chief executive and owner of a German magazine
step by a Eruopean govrenment.
"It's the first combination betewen Euroepan poiltics and
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