Activities of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2016/0152(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC PDF (1 MB) DOC (228 KB)
Amendments (1)
Amendment 80 #
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first readingRejects the position hereinafter set out. Geo-blocking can constitute a danger when governments are behind it and the aim is to censor unwelcome opinion. It can also have severely adverse effects if lawful collective copyright management organisations are pressurising online platforms to block content in the areas in which they operate. However, discrimination practised by private traders in the realm of private law and on a contractual basis is not something that should be subject to state regulation. Yet that is precisely what is proposed in the position hereinafter set out;.