23 Amendments of Tomasz FRANKOWSKI related to 2023/2051(INL)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 46 a (new)
Citation 46 a (new)
– having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: an action plan to support recovery and transformation (COM(2020)0784),
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 46 b (new)
Citation 46 b (new)
– having regard to the European Commission's European Media Industry Outlook SWD (2023) 150,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 46 c (new)
Citation 46 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution on Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: an action plan to support recovery and transformation (2021/2017(INI)),
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 46 d (new)
Citation 46 d (new)
– having regard to its resolution on an intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience (2021/2007(INI)),
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas artists, authors, performers and all cultural creators are the creative source of our European culture that our society and democracy is built upon; whereas cultural and creative expressions and works are often the result of the essential contributions of persons working in the cultural and creative sectors (‘CCS professionals’) in different functions, roles and capacities, ranging from creative input to technical support; whereas the existence of such expressions and works depends, thus, on whether all CCS professionals receive adequate recognition and support;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, regardless of their role or their status as a worker or self-employed person, the living and working conditions of CCS professionals can be characterised by precariousness and instability, with unpredictable incomes, a weaker bargaining power in relations with counterparties, short-term contracts, weak or no social security, and a lack of access to unemployment support; whereas the extent of social security coverage of CCS professionals varies between countries, sectors and types of work within the sectors and may lead to differences in living and working conditions;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas ongoing technological developments such as digitalization, particularly the recent progress in the field of artificial intelligence, are not only creating new opportunities and new jobs, but also bringing along many challenges, uncertainties and even existential distress for many cultural creators and entire professions;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas practices involving copyright buyouts and work with transfer of copyright imposed on authors by video- on-demand (VOD) platforms based outside the EU are increasingly becoming standard practice;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the European Parliament has in the past called on the Commission to take concrete steps to prevent potentially coercive practices such as copyright buyouts that may hinder creators' ability to benefit from adequate and proportionate remuneration, in three resolutions: on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (2020/2261(INI)), on Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: an action plan to support recovery and transformation (2021/2017(INI)), and on an intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience (2021/2007(INI));
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the arts, the broader cultural and creative sectors, entertainment and sports play a fundamental role in human flourishing and in Europe’s social cohesion and economy; underlines that CCS professionals are key to the process of European integration;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the need for the whole cultural ecosystem to be well-balanced in order to allow each of its parts to thrive and contribute to our European society, democracy and economy;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates its calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a European ‘Status of the Artist’ as an EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the overall importance of the cross-border mobility of artists and cultural workers and exchanges between them in order to facilitate their creative work and improve their opportunities to gain new professional experience abroad; welcomes in this context the new mobility action Culture Moves Europe in the frame of the Creative Europe programme which offers mobility grants to artists and cultural professionals, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to further strengthen and improve such initiatives and equip them with more adequate fundings;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of copyright and related rights in the cultural and creative sectors and of properly implementing them, ensuring that every type of rightholder is fairly remuneratedin particular for authors and composers, who are in a weaker contractual position vis-à-vis the major and dominant media companies that hire or commission a work to them; underlines that authors and composers need the protection provided for by EU law to ensure their fair remuneration to be able to fully benefit from the rights harmonised under Union law, ensuring that they are fairly and proportionately remunerated for each usage of their work;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of copyright and related rights in the cultural and creative sectors and oftheir properly implementing them, ensuring that every type of rightholder is fairly remuneratedation, in particular for authors and composers who are in a weaker contractual position compared to the large and dominant media companies that use and lease their works; stresses that authors and composers need the protection provided by EU law to ensure that they are fairly remunerated and thus able to sufficiently exercise their rights under harmonised EU law, which will ensure that they are fairly and proportionately remunerated for each use of their works;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to implement the principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration throughout all EU legislation related to digital policies with impact on the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned by abusive and coercive practices that may result in unfair contractual relationships for CCS professionals; draws attention to issues relating more specifically to ‘buy-out’ contracts; requests the Commission to assess and closely monitor the situation in thand work-for-hire contracts video-on-demand platforms imposed by third countries on music authors by applying to their contracts in order to circumvent the EU laws protecting authors; requests the Commission to closely monitor the situation in that regard and propose solutions to prevent the circumvention of EU rules and principles and to ensure that intellectual property rights that have a strategic importance for Europe can be retained in the EU, while providing appropriate regard; muneration and fair working conditions for authors and composers;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that collective management organisations enable authors to be remunerated for uses that they could not control or promote themselves, including in foreign markets, and promote the diversity of cultural expression by providing market access to smaller and less popular repertoires and by providing social, cultural and educational services for the benefit of their right-holders and the public, as set out in Directive 2014/26/EU on collective management of copyright and related rights; recognises that collective management organisations play an essential role in ensuring the remuneration of authors and composers through collective bargaining and represent an important source of income for professional authors and composers;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises the role that collective management organisations play in ensuring collective bargaining for authors and composers, equal market access for all authors and composers, the widest possible public access to a culturally diverse repertoire and the sustainability of the cultural sector in Europe; promotes collective management as a fair and sustainable model for future EU policy considerations;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is concerned by the lack of career transition support systems in place for artists and CCS professionals in need of retraining; calls on the Member States to invest in upskilling and reskilling via skills development programmes, technical and vocational education, technical and vocational training systems and lifelong learning schemes, allowing those interested to develop new skills either within or outside the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11
Subheading 11
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
- to develop tools, such as guidelines for application, handbooks of good practices and shared principles, for improving the situation in all the areas covered under its scope and to evaluate experiences with relevant tools; to prevent buy-outs imposed by third countries based platforms and to protect the strategic interests of European CCS professionals, in particular that of authors and composers, further legislation is to be considered;