5 Amendments of Amelia ANDERSDOTTER related to 2012/2094(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concernedAgrees with the concern expressed by the Commission that 'citizens see the current system of copyright protectionincreasingly hear the word copyright and hate what is behind it'; notes that 'many see the current system as a tool to ‘punish and withhold, instead ofnot a tool to recognise and reward’1 ; __________________ .'1; acknowledges the important role which foreign trade policy has had in shaping these tools; __________________ 1 Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes responsible for the Digital Agenda, 19th November 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesActio n. do?reference=SPEECH/11/777
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that the European Union should stop negotiating international agreements on IPR in plurilateral and bilateral settings until the issues regarding IPR on the Internet andCalls upon the European Commission and the Council to ensure that mandates for multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, as well as the conduct of the negotiations themselves, are effectively conducive to the achievement of important objectives of the European Union, in particular the achievement of a true digital single market. Ensuring the Internet remains an open and neutral communication infrastructure and that the free use of the Internet have been addressed internally and duly resolvedgime for copyright and other intellectual property rights is not fragmented across borders are two essential components of this endeavour;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Council not to concludeto condition the conclusion of trade agreements with countries where EU ICTon a guarantee that European Union information and communication technologies companies are not required to restrict access to websites, remove user- generated content or provide personal information in ways that breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the EUuropean Council and the European Commission should include in future FTAfree trade agreements objective and transparent safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring the free flow of information, as well as provisions safe-guarding flexibilities in copyright;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that the extra-territorial application on European Union citizens of laws from foreign jurisdictions has arisen as an issue both in terms of censorship and restricted access to political information, as well as in the copyright debates; calls on the Council and the Commission to minimise the impact of third-country legislation, or lack thereof, on European Union citizens online;