5 Amendments of Tonino PICULA related to 2014/2256(INI)
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the necessity for authors and performers to be provided with legal protection for their creative and artistic work; recognises the role of producers and publishers in bringing works to the market, and the need for appropriate remuneration for all categories of rightholders; calls for improvements to the contractual position of authors and performers in relation to other rightholders and intermediaries, especially those who use their works and offer them as a service to end users;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to harmonise the term of protection of copyright to a duration that does not exceed the current international standards set out in the Berne Convention; points out to the Commission that copyright is a driving force for social and economic development in the broadest sense; notes that, with a turnover on the EU market exceeding EUR 535 billion, the cultural and creative industries that rely on copyright generate 4.2% of GDP within the EU and provide 7 million jobs (for local – and mainly younger – people); notes that, by offering stable employment especially at a time of crisis, they are proving highly resilient to the economic crisis and are consequently holding out immense economic potential; notes that the potential of this kind offered by the cultural and creative industry also derives from the fact that, in the EU, in accordance with the Berne Convention, which lays down minimum standards for the duration of protection, rights last for 70 years from the time of the author’s death;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that exceptions and limitations in the digital environment too should be enjoyed without any unequal treatment as compared with those granted in the analoguesolely for their intended purposes; considers that the purpose of their establishment must not be to create new business models whereby authors’ works would be exploited by applying exceptions and limitations in such a way as to deny authors the royalties arising from the use of their worldks;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EU legislator to ensure that the use of photographs, video footage or other images of works which are permanently located in public places is permitted and that this initiative on copyright makes for wider understanding of artistry and creativity and their importance for the development of society, and to regulate the development of new commercial interests posing a threat to copyright;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Maintains that the development of the digital market is closely linked to, and has to go hand in hand with, the development of creative and cultural industries, this being the only way to achieve lasting prosperity;