8 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2016/0280(COD)
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The right of communication to the public and the right of making available to the public defined in Article 3 of the Directive, which implements the principles and rules laid down in Article 8 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty, to which the Union is a party, play a vital role in the information society. Union law should guarantee its effect and effectiveness in order to afford a high level of protection to rightholders.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Where content generated or made available by a user involves the short and proportionate use of a quotation or of an extract of a protected work or other subject-matter for a legitimate purpose, such use should be protected by the exception provided in this Directive. This exception should only be applied in certain special cases which do not conflict with normal exploitation of the work or other subject-matter concerned and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rightholder. For the purpose of assessing such prejudice, the degree of originality of the content concerned, the length/extent of the quotation or extract used, the professional nature of the content concerned or the degree of economic harm must be examined, where relevant, while not precluding the legitimate enjoyment of the exception. This exception should be without prejudice to the moral rights of the authors of the work or other subject- matter.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34 a) When extracts are re-used by an aggregator, it should be possible for the press agency or publisher to decide for specific reasons to award the aggregator a licence free of charge.
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) The obligation to acquire licences should also apply to news aggregators.
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37 a) It should be clearly noted that the mechanism providing exemption from liability does not apply to services that play an active role in uploading copyrighted works or subject-matter. Accordingly, UUC services undertaking acts of communication to the public through their essential intervention in the act of communication to the public initiated by uploaders are not covered by Directive 2000/31/EC where copyright is concerned, and are therefore subject to the provisions of Directive 2001/29/EC in the same way as providers of online content services.
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) Certain contracts for the exploitation of rights harmonised at Union level are of long duration, offering few possibilities for authors and performers to renegotiate them with their contractual counterparts or their successors in title. Therefore, without prejudice to the law applicable to contracts in Member States, there should by could institute a remuneration adjustment mechanism for cases where the remuneration originally agreed under a licence or a transfer of rights is disproportionately low compared to the relevant revenues and the benefits derived from the exploitation of the work or the fixation of the performance, including in light of the transparency ensured by this Directive. The assIt is essment of the situation should take account of the specific circumstances of each case as well as of the specificities and practices of the different content sectorsial that the contractual position of authors and performers be strengthened so that they can enjoy fair, non-assignable remuneration and so as to avoid power imbalances between the parties. Such a provision would apply only to the parties directly linked contractually. Where the parties do not agree on the adjustment of the remuneration, the author or performer should be entitled to bring a claim before a court or other competent authority or to terminate his or her contract.
Amendment 876 #
Proposal for a directive
Chapter 4 a (new)
Chapter 4 a (new)
CHAPTER 2a PROTECTION OF AUDIOVISUAL AUTHORS FOR THE MAKING AVAILABLE OF THEIR WORKS Article -14 1. Member States shall provide that when an audiovisual author or performer has transferred his/her making available to the public right to a producer, that author or performer shall retain the right to obtain equitable remuneration that is proportionate to the revenues generated by the exploitation of the work, provided that these measures are not included in the initial contract. 2. That right to equitable and proportional remuneration shall be non-transferable and may not be waived.
Amendment 992 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Directive 2001/29/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point g a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point g a (new)
2a. In Article 12(4) the following point is added: "(ga) to add publishers and press agencies to the list of beneficiaries of related rights listed in Article 2 of Directive 2001/29/EC as regards the reproduction right."