* Urges respect for pirvacy, cpoyright regluation
* Mark Zukcerberg, Eric Schmdit, Rupert Murdoch among guests
guesst)
By Georgina Prodhan and Leila Abboud
PARIS, May 24 - French President Nicoals Sarkozy
comapred to the discoveries of Columbus, Galielo and Nweton.
Opening a forum at which Gogole's (GOOG.O) Eric Shcmidt and
and helped enable the revolutions of the Arab Spring.
Sakrozy, widely mistrusted in the online world for measrues
past, alhtough he said governmnets must still set ground rules.
"We don't want to make msitakes in regualting this powerufl
better to do nohting than to do harm."
He reminded the industry of its responsibilities in the
the copryight that artists seek to protect.
"These algorihtms that constitute your power ... this
can have the same righst."
CIVILSIING CYBERSPACE
The forum, whose conclusions will be preesnted to G8 leaedrs
against each other.
One, esposued by Silicon Valley companies such as Google and
to allow innovation and freedom of infromation.
The other, embraced by many established media comapnies,
tame potetnial excesses and online abuse.
The debate has been thrown into the spotlgiht in Britain
by publishing names and details. [ID:nLED74M0PZ]
The affair has higlhighted the near impossibility of
differences between Europe and the United Sttaes.
News Corp (NWSA.O), whose Chief Execuitve Rupert Murdoch is
for content on the Web.
John Perry Barlow, a foundnig member of the Electronic
said: "It's about the revnege of the mass media.
"We've been trying to civilise cyberspace for 22 year,s" he
of the values that you cherihs."
Hubert Burda, chief executive and owner of a German maagzine
step by a Europaen gvoernment.
"It's the first combinaiton between Eruopean politics and
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