10 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2020/2073(INL)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the development of the digital environment and new technologies has made it easier for all fans to access and view sport events broadcast on all kinds of devices and has boosted the development of new online business models and new ways of generating revenue from fresh sources; whereas, at the same time, it has facilitated illegal online transmission of sport broadcasts within and outside the Union;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the illegal transmission of sport events not only causes significant economic harm to the sector, which results in losses in subscription and advertising revenue and can even affect jobs in this sector, but is also part of the activities of criminal organisations, that are also harmful for consumers for example by exposing them to malware from free apps or the theft of credit card authentication and other personal data;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, unlike other sectors, most of the value of a sport event broadcast lies in the fact that it is live and most of that value is lost when the event ends; whereas, consequently and onespecially in this context, a swift and effective reaction is needed to put an end to the illegal transmission online of sport events;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sport events as such are not the subject matter of copyright protection under Union law, but the audiovisual recording and transmission of it is; whereas there is no harmonised protection in Union law for sport events’ organisers; whereas, however, specific protection for sport events’ organisers is provided in the legislation of some Member States, thereby generating legal uncertainty and fragmentation of the Union regulatory framework;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that sports broadcast piracy also creates real risks for consumers, such as exposure to malware from free apps or theft of credit card authentication and other personal data;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, also, that the general framework provided for by Union law is not applied in a similar way in national legislation, creating legal uncertainty for the organisers of sports events, and that civil procedure and notice and take down mechanisms differ from one Member State to another; is of the view that there is a lack of efficiency of enforcement tools in the cross-border context are ineffective and inadequate; calls for further harmonisation of the procedures and remedies in the Union in this specific context;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to examine whether the makings of any European legal instruments capable of addressing these issues are already in existence, to identify any shortcomings in the European regulatory framework and to propose concrete measures specifically adapted to live sport events allowing for immediate removal of, or the disabling of access to, content, including an accessible and efficient real-time take down procedure;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that injunction procedures are relatively long and do not cope with the specific issue of illegal broadcasting of sport events, usually coming into effect after the broadcast has ended; stresses the existence of practices developed at national level, such as live injunctions and dynamic injunctions, that have proved to be solutions to tackle piracy of sport events broadcasts more efficiently and promptly; calls for the introduction in Union law of injunction procedures aimed at allowing real-time blocking of access to or removal of illegal online live sport content based on the model of “live” blocking orders and “dynamic injunctions”;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
- to further harmonise, without prejudice to the general Union framework to be defined in a Digital Services Act, procedures and, remedies and initiatives in the Union to boost the efficiency and speed of enforcement tools, including in the cross- border context;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 5
Annex I – part 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 5
- enhance cooperation between Member States’ authorities, including by way of exchange of data and best practices and creating a network of national authorities; the Commission should assess the added-value of appointing an independent administrative authority in each Member State that would have with a role to play in the enforcement system, especially in the case of swift enforcementrapid application, such as for online piracyhacking of live sports content;