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17 Amendments of József SZÁJER related to 2016/0280(COD)

Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) In the fields of research, education and preservation of cultural heritage, digital technologies permit new types of uses that are not clearly covered by the current Union rules on exceptions and limitations. In addition, the optional nature of exceptions and limitations provided for in Directives 2001/29/EC, 96/9/EC and 2009/24/EC in these fields may negatively impact the functioning of the internal market. This is particularly relevant as regards cross-border uses, which are becoming increasingly important in the digital environment. Therefore, the existing exceptions and limitations in Union law that are relevant for scientific research, teaching, libraries and preservation of cultural heritage should be reassessed in the light of those new uses. Mandatory exceptions or limitations for uses of text and data mining technologies in the field of scientific research, illustration for teaching in the digital environment and, for preservation of cultural heritage, for user-generated content and for the reproduction of works permanently situated in public places should be introduced. For uses not covered by the exceptions or the limitation provided for in this Directive, the exceptions and limitations existing in Union law should continue to apply. Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC should be adapted.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) This legal uncertainty should be addressed by providing for a mandatory exception to the right of reproduction and also to the right to prevent extraction from a database. The new exception should be without prejudice to the existing mandatory exception on temporary acts of reproduction laid down in Article 5(1) of Directive 2001/29, which should continue to apply to text and data mining techniques which do not involve the making of copies going beyond the scope of that exception. To prevent unjustified dissemination of the content necessary for text and data mining, research organisations should destroy the content reproduced for the purpose of text and data mining once all the acts necessary for the research have been performed. Research organisations should also benefit from the exception when they engageter into public-private partnerships provided that the text and data mining acts performed relate directly to the purpose of the research carried out in the partnership concerned.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) There is no need to provide forRightholders should be compensationed for rightholders as regards uses under the text and data mining exception introduced by this Directive given that in view of the nature and scope of the exception the harm should be minimale mandatory nature of the exception and the consequent investments that would be required by rightholders to make technically possible and facilitate the wide use of text and data mining techniques under the scope of the exception, which cause sufficient harm to justify such compensation.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The exception or limitation should cover digital uses of works and other subject-matter such as the use of parts or extracts of works to support, enrich or complement the teaching, including the related learning activities. The use of the works or other subject-matter under the exception or limitation should be only in the context of teaching and learning activities carried out under the responsibility of educational establishments, including during examinations, and be limited to what is necessary for the purpose of such activities. The exception or limitation should cover both uses through digital means in the classroomwhere the teaching activity is physically provided, including where it takes place outside the premises of the educational establishment and online uses through the educational establishment's secure electronic network, the access to which should be protected, notably by authentication procedures. The exception or limitation should be understood as covering the specific accessibility needs of persons with a disability in the context of illustration for teaching.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) Different arrangements, based on the implementation of the exception provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC or on licensing agreements covering further uses, are in place in a number of Member States in order to facilitate educational uses of works and other subject-matter. Such arrangements have usually been developed taking account of the needs of educational establishments and different levels of education. Whereas it is essential to harmonise the scope of the new mandatory exception or limitation in relation to digital uses and cross-border teaching activities, the modalities of implementation may differ from a Member State to another, to the extent they do not hamper the effective application of the exception or limitation or cross-border uses. This should allow Member States to build on the existing arrangements concluded at national level. In particular, Member States could decide to subject the application of the exception or limitation, fully or partially, to the availability of adequate licences, covering at least the same uses as those allowed under the exception. This mechanism would, for example, allow giving precedence to licences for materials which are primarily intended for the educational market. In order to avoid that such mechanism results in legal uncertainty or administrative burden for educational establishments, Member States adopting this approach should take concrete measures to ensure that licensing schemes allowing digital uses of works or other subject-matter for the purpose of illustration for teaching are easily available and that educational establishments are aware of the existence of such licensing schemes. In order to ensure the availability and accessibility of such licences for beneficiaries, Member States are encouraged to develop appropriate tools, such as a single portal or database.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) In order to guarantee legal certainty when a Member State decides to subject the application of the exception to the availability of adequate licences, it is necessary to specify under which conditions an educational establishment may use protected works or other subject- matter under that exception and, conversely, when it should act under a licensing scheme.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Member States should therefore be required to provide for an exception to permit cultural heritage institutions to reproduce works and other subject-matter permanently in their collections for preservation purposes, for example to address technological obsolescence or the degradation of original supports. Such an exception should allow for the making of copies by the appropriate preservation tool, means or technology, in the required number and at any point in the life of a work or other subject-matter to the extent required in order to produce a copy for preservation purposes only. Such an exception should cover both cultural heritage institutions holding the works or other subject-matter and third party cultural heritage institutions or service providers, which could be requested to perform the act of reproduction on behalf of a cultural heritage institution within the scope of the exception.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) To facilitate the licensing of rights in audiovisual works to video-on-demand platforms, this Directive requires Member States to set up a negotiation mechanism managed by a designated existing or newly established national body allowing parties willing to conclude an agreement to rely on the assistance of an impartial body. Where the negotiation involves parties from different Member States, they should agree beforehand on the Member State competent, should the negotiation mechanism be required at some point in their negotiation. The body should meet with the parties and help with the negotiations by providing professional and external advice. Against that background, Member States should decide on the conditions of the functioning of the negotiation mechanism, including the timing and duration of the assistance to negotiations and the bearingdivision of theany costs arising. Member States should ensure that administrative and financial burdens remain proportionate to guarantee the efficiency of the negotiation forum.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) A free and pluralist press is essential to ensure quality journalism and citizens' access to information. It provides a fundamental contribution to public debate and the proper functioning of a democratic society. In the transition from print to digital, publishers of press publications are facing problems in licensing the online use of their publications and recouping their investments. In the absence of recognition of publishers of press publications as rightholders, licensing and enforcement in the digital environment is often complex and inefficient.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) The organisational and financial contribution of publishers in producing press publications needs to be recognised and further encouraged to ensure the sustainability of the publishing industry. It is therefore necessary to provide at Union level a harmonised legal protection for press publications in respect of digital uses. Such protection should be effectively guaranteed through the introduction, in Union law, of rights related to copyright for the reproduction and making available to the public of press publications in respect of digital uses.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4
(4) ‘press publication’ means a fixation of a collection of literary works of a journalistic nature, which may also comprise other works or subject-matter and constitutes an individual item within a periodical or regularly-updated publication under a single title, such as a newspaper or a general or special interest magazine, having the purpose of providing information related to news or other topics and published in any media under the initiative, editorial responsibility and control of a service provider.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Research organisations shall delete the reproductions of the works or other subject-matter made pursuant to paragraph 1 once the text and data mining acts necessary for the purposes of scientific research have been carried out.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 566 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States may provide for fair compensation for the harm incurred by rightholders due to the use of their works or other subject-matter pursuant to paragraph 1.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For the purposes of applying paragraph 2, Member States shall actively assist in facilitating dialogue between rightholders and educational establishments with a view to establishing specific licences authorising the acts described in paragraph 1. Member States may be encouraged to ensure the visibility of the licences authorising the acts described in paragraph 1 through appropriate tools, such as a single portal or database accessible to educational establishments, where the available licences shall be listed and kept up-to- date.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 649 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the purpose of enjoying the exception under the first paragraph of this Article, cultural heritage institutions may request that another cultural heritage institution or a service provider perform on their behalf the act of copying or digitising the works or other subject- matter that are permanently in the collection of the requesting cultural heritage institution, provided that no such copies shall remain available by the requested institution or service provider.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
A work or other subject-matter shall be deemed to be out of commerce when the whole work or other subject-matter, in all its translations, versions and manifestations, is not available to the public through customary channels of commerce and cannot be reasonably expected to become so in the Member States where the cultural heritage institution is established.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Protection of press publications 1. Member States shall provide publishers of press publications with the rights provided for in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/29/EC for the digital use of their press publications. 2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall leave intact and shall in no way affect any rights provided for in Union law to authors and other rightholders, in respect of the works and other subject- matter incorporated in a press publication. Such rights may not be invoked against those authors and other rightholders and, in particular, may not deprive them of their right to exploit their works and other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. 3. Articles 5 to 8 of Directive 2001/29/EC and Directive 2012/28/EU shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the rights referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall expire 20 years after the publication of the press publication. This term shall be calculated from the first day of January of the year following the date of publication.Article 11 deleted concerning digital uses
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI