Activities of Andrey SLABAKOV related to 2023/2051(INL)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on an EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors
Amendments (13)
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 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 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Member States to create an anti-crisis mechanism in order to combat problems in the cultural and creative sectors and avoid limiting the possibilities for artists to create and work;
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 250 #
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 remunerated; encourages the Member States to create rates and rules for selling of copyrighted material all over European Union to avoid low prices, and illegal use of intellectual property;
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 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set a minimum spending target of 2 % of the EU budget for Union programmes and initiatives benefiting the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Is concerned that the increasingly fast-paced technological progress requires a technical and legal knowledge which current educational and training systems can hardly keep up with; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to significantly enhance their approach regarding the upskilling and reskilling of artists and other cultural workers, including - but not restricted to - legal and technological knowledge and skills as well as AI literacy;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that the fast development of AI can be used for the simplification of some working processes and that it shows the necessity for special courses and exchange of best practices and knowledge among Member States;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Emphasises that inappropriate working conditions, a lack of social security and unfair remuneration, including buy-out contracts, are elements restricting the actual ability of artists to exercise their right of artistic freedom;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights that ongoing technological developments such as digitalization, particularly the recent progress in the field of artificial intelligence with the ability of its generative systems to generate cultural content, not only create new opportunities and new jobs, but also bring along many challenges, uncertainties and even existential distress for many cultural creators and entire professions;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
- to eliminate coercive and abusive buy-out and work-for-hire practices of non EU-based video streaming platforms that circumvent EU and national laws and that pose significant threat to European authors’ and composers’ working conditions, possibly through dedicated rules at EU and national level;