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26 Amendments of Mary HONEYBALL related to 2015/2147(INI)

Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) is important in terms of EU media regulation and for the promotion of European works, and is based on the principle of technological neutrality, ensuring a level playing field;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that stimulating growth and the creation of quality jobs, innovation, and consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposals;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choicethe creation of high-quality jobs, innovation and competitivenessnsumer is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses, and in particular by supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposalfair and appropriate remuneration for creators and rightholders;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposalall new proposals to be subject to competitiveness tests and to detailed impact assessments examining their effects on growth, SMEs and employment as well as their potential costs and benefits;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, doing away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services, encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which the country-of- origin principle applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulationnevertheless a high level of regulation for socially relevant content should be maintained; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Asks for a stronger involvement of employees and the creative sector in developing and implementing digital technologies;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the communication of the Commission" Towards a Connected Digital Single Market Act" and the included commitment to modernise the copyright framework to adapt them to the digital age while at the same time ensuring the right balance between a fair remuneration of the author, the public interest of dissemination of knowledge and preserving cultural diversity;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 a (new)
-2a. Stresses that the digital single market should give the opportunity to ensure accessibility for all, especially people with disabilities, to products and services protected by copyright and related rights; is therefore deeply concerned by the lack of progress of ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty facilitating access for the visually impaired to published works; urges the Council to ensure ratification of the Treaty as soon as possible;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 a (new)
-2a. Calls on distributors to publish all available information concerning the technological measures necessary to ensure interoperability of their content;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the review of the AVMSD initiated by the Commission, in particular its extent and the consistent application of rules to all players operating in the market, regardless of their status;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 c (new)
-2c. Underscores the crucial role played by the legal framework for copyright in sustaining the creative process and enabling authors to earn a living as professionals in the cultural and creative industries; with reference in this regard to the recent studies by, respectively, the European Parliament on Contractual Arrangements applicable to Creators and the Commission on remuneration of authors, calls on the Commission to ensure that the core element of any reform of copyright law is the equitable remuneration of authors for the use of their work on line;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross- border access to legally available online content but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead; also calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised, as well as to improve cross-border access to services;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule out discrimination to a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened contentIs encouraged by the Commission's intention to bring forward a legislative proposal on the regulation of platforms and intermediaries; believes that any legislative proposal should take as a basis the interests of creators, consumers and the digital workforce; insists that the question of responsibility of intermediaries for provision of illegal content must be addressed, as intermediaries are a key part of the supply chain;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that any reform of the copyright framework should take as a basis a high level of protection, since rights are crucial to intellectual creation and provide a stable, clear and flexible legal base that fosters investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector, whilst removing legal uncertainties and inconsistencies that adversely affect the functioning of the internal market;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Asks the Commission to ensure in this respect fair remuneration for creators and rightholders and to guarantee that persistence and perseverance is exercised throughout the creative supply chain;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all mediastrike a balance between all key actors including creators, right holders, users and intermediaries and that any revision of copyright law should take as a basis a high level of proportional protection, since rights are crucial in promoting creativity and innovation and provide a stable, clear and flexible legal base that foster investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector, whilst removing legal uncertainties and inconsistencies that adversely affect the functioning of the digital single market;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media; Welcomes the Commission's intention to overhaul copyright law; stresses that any revised provisions should apply to all media and should be future-proof, as well as being balanced; urges the Commission to ensure fair remuneration for creators; further urges the Commission to take into account the overwhelming support in the European Parliament for the introduction of minimum standards across the exceptions from and limitations to copyright, as well as the need to ensure that where an exception or limitation already applies, new usages of content which are made possible by technological advances or new uses of technology should be, insofar as possible, construed in line with the existing exception or limitation, provided that the new usage is similar to the existing one, in order to improve legal certainty;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds the Commission of the overwhelming support of the Parliament for the introduction of minimum standards in the exceptions from and limitations to copyright, and the ensuring of the proper application of those set out in Directive 2001/29/EC;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses; in this way, suggests a review of the liability of online intermediaries in the forthcoming legislative proposal on copyright in 2015 in order to clarify their legal status and liability with regards to copyright, in order to guarantee and ensure a fair remuneration for creators and rightholders within the EU;
2015/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Further suggests that the forthcoming legislative proposal on online platforms should take as a basis the interests of consumers, creators and the digital workforce, in particular the protection of the vulnerable;
2015/09/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. BelievStresses that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access toany reform of Directive 93/83/EEC2 should be aimed at fairly remunerating artists, creators and right- holders for the multiple exploitation of their works, whilst enhancing the portability and cross-border access to legally acquired and legally made available content in the digital single market.; __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the European cultural markets are naturally heterogeneous due to the European cultural and linguistic diversity, notes that this diversity should be considered as a benefit rather than an obstacle to the Digital Single Market;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online,; particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringfollowing the principle of „remuneration instead of prosecution" through new, contemporary exceptions in Directive 2001/29/EC; offering future- oriented business models, adjusted to user requirements;
2015/09/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;
2015/09/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls forin order for the copyright law to be respected in the digital age, a modernised approach to the enforcementimplementation of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement should be adopted; EU faces a significant number of intellectual property rights infringements; according to the European Commission’s data from July 2014 - customs authorities noted as many as 87 000 detention cases in 2013, while the worth of the 36 million articles seized is estimated at more than EUR 768 million;
2015/09/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 185 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that digital developments also provide for a meaningful change in public administration, establishing much more effective, simplified and user-friendly e- administration. In this regard it is very important for the citizens and the business to have interconnected commercial registers;
2015/09/28
Committee: JURI