26 Amendments of Ilana CICUREL related to 2023/2054(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe3a, _________________ 3a OJ C 385, 22.9.2021, p. 152.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 December 2022 on the implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations5a, _________________ 5a OJ C 177, 15.5.2023, p.78.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the music sector is a major pillar of culture, as a vital component of cultural and linguistic diversity in the EU, with the widest public outreach of any cultural and creative sectorbeing a part of the cultural and creative sectors and industries with the widest public outreach due to the multiplication of its access modes;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas rapid innovations in digital technologies over the last two decades have profoundly transformed the music sector, in particular the wayfacilitating music is createdion, producedtion and distributed and the way people access and consume it;semination worldwide, as well as its accessibility and consumption; whereas these major changes have reinforced music consumption and the global industry's revenue with a 8th consecutive growth year culminating in 2022 with an annual revenue of 22.6 billions of USD6a; _________________ 6a International Federation of Phonography Industry (IFPI) - Global report 2023
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the music sector is constantly and rapidly adapting, with new business models and, new ways of interacting with audiences and the use of complementary platforms such as social media platforms or short form video apps creating new opportunities but also challenges; whereas, in this context, these important challenges need to be addressed, such as the promotion of cultural diversity and fair remuneration for authors;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas audio streaming music is now the main way in which people around the world enjoy music, representing 67% of the global revenue of the music sector7a, providing access to up to 300 million tracks, available anywhere, anytime and on all kinds of devices, for a comparatively low monthly subscription fee; _________________ 7a International Federation of Phonography Industry (IFPI) - Global report 2023
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, although authors and performers are at the heart of music creation, they are neither recognised nor remunerated in a way that reflects the true extent of their contribution as showed by different studies made on the split of the "digital pie"8a, receiving very low revenues generated by the music streaming market, which creates a significant imbalance over time that needs to be addressed; _________________ 8a GEMA - Music streaming in Germany, 2022
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas music streaming platforms, through their use of algorithms and recommendation systems, play a decisive role in determining what subscribers ldisten tocover and therefore have a significant impact on cultural diversity and hence the whole value-chain activities and revenues of European cultural and creative industries;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas these platforms operate in a legal vacuum with regard to transparency and the promotion of European works, as they are under no legal obligation at EU level to ensure any transparency on the functhe promotioning of their operationEuropean works;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the promotion of cultural diversity in the European music streaming market cannot depend solely on the commercial decisions of a few private dominant global operators and should be further analysed to unleash the full potential of the market;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas several cases of streaming fraud and manipulation or streams by "fake artists" have been identified, as certain players manipulate the system to skim off revenues that should go to authors, for example, by using bots to artificially inflate the number of listeners for certain songs;9a; whereas these illegal practices have multiple negative impacts on artists and on the over whole music streaming market; _________________ 9a CNM - Manipulation of streams, 2023
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to create a fair and sustainable ecosystem for music streaming in the EU that both promotes cultural diversity and corrects the imbalances that threaten the sectornegatively affect the sector, especially composers, songwriters and performers, and eventually its prosperity;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages exploring other alternative models to the pro-rata system in order to achieve the model that brings the most equal and fair share of revenues;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the role of metadata it is essentialn the discoverability of creation; highlights the necessity to improve authors’ identification on music streaming services, in particular by ensuring a comprehensive and accurate metadata allocation from the time of creation;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to propose aconduct an evidence based assessment analysing which action is necessary, including the most adequate legal framework, to ensure the prominence and discoverability of European works on music streaming platforms;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, in this context, to ensure that this framework includes specific diversity indicators that would allow for an independent assessment of the use and visibility of European works, for example, in national and minority and its diversity of genres, languages or published by independent authors;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses, moreover, that this would require regular monitoring and reporting on the prominence and discoverability of European works on, among others, curated playlists, user interfaces and recommendation systems;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a thorough analysis of all the possible legal tools, including imposing quotas in the curated playlist, user interfaces and/or recommendation systems, to guarantee the discoverability of European works to eliminate harmful streaming manipulation by setting up a clear framework while not causing negative impacts on the European music streaming market;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for, building on the horizontal provisions of the AI Act, a legal framework to address the specific implications of AI use in cultural creation;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the ethical use of AI in the music sector and highlights that AI can be a tool for artists to explore, innovate and enhance their own creation and supports maximum transparency in any aspect of the development, production and delivery of musical works by means of AI technologies;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to propose legal obligattargeted provisions to ensure the transparency of the algorithms and content recommendation systems of very large music streaming platforms, with a view to preventing fraudulent and unfair streaming manipulation practices, such as streaming fraud and fake artists that are used to reduce costs and further lower value for professional authors, as well as to ensure cultural diversity;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises, furthermore, the need to ensure that authors, whose works have been used for training AI-generating applications, receive the adequate and fair remuneration for it;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of settingset up a European music observatory to provide information on music markets in the EU by collecting and analysing data in the Member States, as well as to analyse and report on legal issues affecting the music sector, in particular the music streaming market, with a view to developing the sector;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to further reinforce the Creative Europe programme, in particular with a comprehensive music action;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that music has a great potential to further promote European culture, history, heritage, values and diversity; believes that music also has the potential to contribute to the EU's soft power; highlights that the promotion of European artists outside the Union should be a strong focus of the EU; calls on the Commission in this regard to develop a comprehensive European export strategy of European music works;