17:36 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google boss Eric Schmidt have warned governments worldwide not to over-regulate the internet.<\/p>\n
Mr Zuckerberg said governments cannot cherry pick which aspects of the web to control and which not to.<\/p>\n
The two are leading a group of internet pioneers to the G8 summit in France.<\/p>\n
The delegation will deliver recommendations thrashed out at the first e-G8 gathering in Paris this week.<\/p>\n
Although e-G8 had the blessing of President Sarkozy, world leaders are under no obligation to listen to its findings.<\/p>\n
The comments by Mr Zuckerberg and Mr Schmidt reflect growing concerns in the industry about government censorship.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“But it’s hard to have one without the other. You can’t isolate some things you like about the internet and control other things that you don’t.”<\/p>\n
Mr Schmidt echoed his sentiments: “Technology will move faster than governments, so don’t legislate before you understand the consequences”.<\/p>\n
‘Public good’<\/span><\/p>\nOne of the most hotly-debated subjects at the e-G8 was protection of intellectual property on the internet.<\/p>\n
In sometimes heated discussions, senior figures from the music, TV and film industries faced criticism from proponents of internet freedom.<\/p>\n
Critics claimed that the event was designed to promote the views of rights holders, seeking to lobby governments for tougher copyright laws.<\/p>\n
Professor Lawrence Lessing of Harvard Law School warned delegates: “We should say to modern democratic governments, you need to be aware of incumbents bearing policy fix-its.<\/p>\n
“Their job is profit for them. Your job is the public good.”<\/p>\n
Echoing the views of many participants, Professor Lessing suggested that governments should exercise light touch regulation or risk damaging the still-young internet.<\/p>\n
Others made the case that if politicians remained hands-off in the belief that it would help innovation, then existing industries such as music and film would suffer.<\/p>\n
James Gianopulos of Fox Filmed Entertainment said governments needed latitude to legislate, as in the case of the French three-strikes law designed to target illegal file sharing.<\/p>\n
“The political process is imperfect,” Mr Gianopulos told the BBC.<\/p>\n
“Private entities, individuals and industries are more likely to come to an agreement if they know that the next step is the litigation or legislation process.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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