6 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2010/2156(INI)
Amendment 2 #
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1. Underlines that the development of trade in cultural and creative-industry (CCI) goods and services constitutes an important pillar for culture, development and democracy, and, at the same time, a driver of economic growth and job creation in Europe and the world; observes that, according to estimates, world trade in CCI goods and services has nearly doubled in the past ten years;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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2. Stresses that legislation cannot force creativity and innovation, which are best encouraged by giving maximum freedom for entrepreneurs and creators to pursue their business and exert theivery much linked to cultural identity and democracy, and that it is necessary to accompany the freedom for creators with an adequate cultural policy guaranteeing cultural diversity and access to culture for tall citizents;
Amendment 10 #
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3. Strongly believes that greater trade openness in the CCI sector would greatly benefit the global economyis not the panacea and that trade rules in this sector must be different to those used for common goods; notes that while world trade in CCI goods and services remains dominated by developed countries, the market share of developing countrieand considers thas been constantly increasing in the past ten years, particularly reflecting the rise of Chinat the Commission should take new initiatives to contribute to tackle this problem;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls that the protection of intellectual property rights is an issue central to securing the European cultural and creative industries and maintain incentives for companies, artists and creators to innovate, but protection should be applied differently concerning LDCs and developing countries or competitors tof innovatedustrialized countries;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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5. SFully supports the development of more ambitious EU policies as well as mutually beneficial and voluntary cooperation between EU Member States in the field of CCI, noting that when such cooperation is voluntary it does not result in any extra regulatory burden or unnecessary and unwanted financial coste perspective of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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6. Notes that e-commerce and the internet are developing at such a pace, with ‘generations’ of technology growing shorter geometrically, and therefore believes that attemptsthe effort to regulate them will always be at least a generation behind, and thus largely pointless and damaging to the cultural and creative industries of EU Member States.quickly and properly should be intensified;