10 Amendments of Peter POLLÁK related to 2023/2051(INL)
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 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 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;