9 Amendments of Fredrick FEDERLEY related to 2014/2256(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the great interest shown as well as the contributions made by EU citizens in the European Commission Public Consultation round on the Review of the EU Copyright Rules;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that copyright and related rights should constitute thea balanced legal framework for the European cultural and creative industries and form the basis for their ability to generate economic activity and employment; however, stresses that the current fragmented and outdated levy system causes major problems for the development of the European digital single market and therefore is a threat to growth and economic develoypment;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. AWelcomes the commitment of the Commission on further developing the EU Digital Agenda, including the objective of modernising copyright rules; acknowledges the need to review Directive 2001/29/EC in order to ensure appropriate remuneration for copyright holders and appropriate protection of these rights in a changing and constantly evolving technological environment, which brings both opportunities and challenges;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibility to significantly shorten the duration of the harmonised terms of protections of copyright within the framework of a modern trade policy agenda;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the multi-territorial licensing of rights under Directive 2014/26/EU as an example and a way of overcoming the fragmented internal market; encourages the development of balanced and flexible solutions that help overcomerecalls however that users are often denied access to certain content services ; Believes that they should be able to access online content from another Member state and calls therefore on the Commission to address the existing barriers to cross- border access and availability of products and services;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the need to promote greater interoperability in particular for software and terminal, as lack of interoperability hampers innovation, reduces competition and harms consumer; believes that lack of interoperability leads to market dominance of one particular product or service, which in turn stifles competition and limits consumer choice in the EU;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that the current highly fragmented system of national private copy levies constitutes a deeply unfair and outdated system for compensating rightholders for what amounts to an ordinary and perfectly harmless use by consumers of legally acquired content and that there are no objective and fair methods to redistribute the so-called compensation; therefore, calls on the Commission to phase out private copy levies to fully realise the Digital Single Market;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that any legislative change in this area should ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to products and services protected by copyright and related rights; in particular, urges the EU to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities which requires to have a mandatory exception for the non- commercial uses to the benefit of persons with a disability, which are directly related to the disability, to the extent required by the specific disability;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to propose a mandatory exception for text and data mining to allow researchers to maintain Europe's competitive edge in a global environment.