26 Amendments of Bogdan Brunon WENTA related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas in some Member States the implementation of Article 13 on the promotion of European works by on- demand services is not prescriptive enough to meet the cultural diversity objective spelled out in the Directive;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recommends reviewing the level of regulation for the areas of Directive 2010/13/EU in which the aims of the legislation are not being achieved; believes that European-level minimum requirements for all audiovisual media services should be put in place; stresses that high standards should apply to all audiovisual media services to ensure youth protection, consumer protection and data protection;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Regrets that the requirements of Article 13 on the promotion of European works by on-demand services have been implemented in different manner by many Member States resulting in the absence of clear obligations and monitoring; combined with the country of origin principle, it has encouraged forum shopping for on-demand services;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the dual character of audiovisual media as cultural and economic assets;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls the European Commission to analyse the possibility for the strengthening of Article 13 by introducing a combination of clear requirements, including a financial contribution, and monitoring tools for the promotion of European works by on-demand services;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that the country of origin of the advertising profit, the language of the service and the targeted public of the advertisement and content should be considered as part of the criteria to determine the audiovisual regulation to be applied to audiovisual media services or to contest the initial determination of the competent Member State;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Considers that an amendment to Directive 2010/13/EU should create fair competitive conditions by bringing the rights and obligations of broadcasters into line with those of other market operators by means of a cross-cutting legal framework applicable to all media;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. BWelievcomes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule out discrimine Commission’s initiative to analyse (inter alia, on the basis of public consultation) to a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened contenthe role of online platforms in the digital single market and in a context of media convergence, and calls on it to establish a definition of the term ‘online platform’;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises, in this regard, that the Commission should be guided by the overarching objectives of non- discrimination, freedom of contract, accessibility, findability, technology and net neutrality, transparency and the establishment of a level playing field;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that, in a context of media convergence, platforms can facilitate access to content and thus to diversity, or can restrict it;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Points out that Member States should be allowed to introduce specific rules to ensure that audiovisual content which is in the public interest is appropriately visible;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that the revision of copyright exceptions should only be based on proven needs and without prejudice to the European cultural diversity, to its financing and to the fair remuneration of authors;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that copyright is both the economic basis for creative activity and the guarantor of Europe’s creative diversity and broad knowledge base;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the financing of audiovisual content relies for a significant part on the principle of territoriality of rights, which allowed a strong cultural diversity within the European production.
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the importance of the territoriality principle for Europe’s film culture, for example, and calls for financing models for audiovisual works based on national licensing models not to be destroyed by binding, pan-European licences; instead, the cross-border portability of legally-acquired content should be promoted;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that "premium access" through the presale of rights is one of the core conditions for financing audiovisual content, as it allows a return on investment and new resources to finance future audiovisual content;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses; Encourages the actors of the supply chain to exchange information and good practices, and to take coordinated and proportionate actions to fight commercial scale infringement on the basis of sector agreements;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Continues to support in this context the continued use of a variety of business models;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that audiovisual content may have different market value from a Member State to another, depending on the characteristics of the national market, and requires targeted and specific promotion campaign to get the content to its public;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls for further dialogue between the rightholders, the online platforms and the creators relying on these platforms in order to achieve a mutually beneficial cooperation, where copyrights are protected while allowing and encouraging innovative ways of creating;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that including classes in IT skills in the school curriculum would be extremely useful and stresses in this context the parallel need for constant training for the teachers;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that when the Member States introduce the list of major events, including sports and entertainment events that are of general interest, it should be mandatory to notify this list to the European Commission; listed events should be accessible and in line with the prevailing quality standards;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that, in the teaching of digital skills, particular consideration should be given to ‘vulnerable populations’ 1 a and calls for projects for the teaching of digital skills specifically to these people to be more intensively and sustainably promoted; __________________ 1a Defined as in the Tunis Agenda and the Geneva Declaration of Principles of the World Summit on the Information Society.
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Underline the importance of enhancing the portability within the European Union of online services of legally acquired and legally made available content, whilst fully respecting copyrights and the interests of right- holders.
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Stresses that cross-border access to legally made available audiovisual content should not hinder its financing process and subsequently the European cultural diversity.
Amendment 174 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Underlines that the legal audiovisual online offer should be furthermore developed in order to enhance the accessibility to a wide and diverse content for the consumers, with various language and subtitle options.