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Jacquin, Jean-Baptiste
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Responsibility for Internet contents must be clarified
Three managers of the Internet company Google have been given six months' suspended sentences after a violent video was published on the company's YouTube website. But the question of who exactly has responsibility for contents on the Internet remains open, writes the daily La Tribune: "It was necessary to attribute responsibility and Google was the obvious choice. But such Internet regulation is questionable. ... It can't be denied that the anonymity of the Internet makes it easier for the dark side of humanity to rear its ugly head. So must the Internet be banned? ... Such reasoning would mean the closure of every Internet site, because no one can immediately verify the hundreds of millions of contents that appear from everywhere and anywhere. Nevertheless a completely laisser-faire attitude would be criminal. The principle has always been that every provider must be able to remove illicit contents immediately once they are drawn to his attention."
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Avatar: the most expensive film ever boosts growth
Director James Cameron's new film Avatar is the most expensive film ever, having cost around 350 million euros to make. The daily La Tribune stresses how innovation can propel growth: "In Hollywood, which should have been hard hit by the crisis, this certainty is pretty much anchored in people's genes. The most expensive film in history is coming to cinemas at a time when many films are struggling to get together their budgets and studios are hesitant to change their strategy regarding the Internet. That's amazing. But actually it's not. It's just the opportunism and quick reactions of economic players whose only goal is to seduce as many customers (sorry, I mean viewers) as possible. … Avatar is above all a wonderful vehicle for boosting the number of 3D cinemas. The 3D films that have been doing the rounds in the past eighteen months have only been seen by a small minority so far. But now almost 50 percent of the cinemas screening the film are equipping themselves with the technology to present the film in 3D."
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