11 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2023/2051(INL)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic And Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 3 December 2020 entitled "Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: An Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation"( COM (2020)0784 final),
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
– having regard to its Resolution on an intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience (2021/2007(INI)),
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Whereas the coercive buy-out and work-for hire practices imposed on music authors by the non-EU-based video-on- demand (VOD) platforms is becoming a wider practice, threatening the working conditions, remuneration and livelihood of music authors working in the audio- visual sector;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. Whereas not addressing the coercive buy-out and work-for-hire practices imposed by the non-EU based video-on-demand (VOD) platforms would leave European authors and composers with no guarantee on their working conditions in the VOD sector;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. Whereas the European Commission considers tackling buy-out contracts imposed by dominant non-EU based video-on-demand services of strategic importance for Europe1a, and has explicitly committed to addressing the buy-out problem for composers working in the audio-visual sector during their interventions in the CULT Committee 2a; _________________ 1a European Media Industry Outlook, published on 17.5.2023, SWD(2023) 150 final 2a CULT Committee meeting of 24.05.2023
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. Whereas fair remuneration for the use of their creative work is central to authors’ and composers’ working conditions, as this is the basis of their earnings as a professional creator; whereas collective management of authors’ rights provides the main source of income for a majority of creators in Europe, ensuring their continuous remuneration for each use of their work and should also protect them from unfair contractual practices by large and dominant media and streaming platform companies;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of copyright and related rights in the cultural and creative sectors and of properly implementing them, ensuring that every type of rightholder is fairly remuneratedin particular for authors and composers, who are in a weaker contractual position vis-à-vis the major and dominant media companies that hire or commission a work to them; underlines that authors and composers need the protection provided for by the EU law to ensure their fair remuneration to be able to fully benefit from the rights harmonised under Union law, ensuring that they are fairly and proportionately remunerated for each usage of their work;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers fair remuneration of authors and composers as an essential part of their working conditions and denounces the coercive contractual practices of buy-out and work-for-hire imposed by the non-EU based video-on- demand services that deprive authors and composers from appropriate and proportionate remuneration for the use of their work;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned by abusive and coercive practices that may result in unfair contractual relationships for CCS professionals; draws attention to issues relating more specifically to ‘buy-out’ contracts; requests the Commission to assess andand work-for-hire contracts imposed by the non-EU based video-on-demand platforms and apply the rules of third countries to circumvent the EU laws protecting authors and their fair remuneration; requests the Commission to closely monitor and tackle the situation in that regard; to prevent the circumvention of EU rules and principles and to ensure appropriate remuneration and fair working conditions for authors and composers;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes with concern that in the case of a worldwide exploitation of the works of authors and composers, especially in the domain of audio-visual works, European law as it currently stands is not capable of preventing circumvention of the EU’s protective rules through the choice of foreign law and jurisdiction; anticipates very much on the results of the European Commission’s forthcoming study on the contractual relations of the creators, applicable law and the problem of buy-out; requests the Commission to find solutions to make the rule of appropriate and proportionate remuneration internationally mandatory by way of public order principle, including through a legislative action;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises the role played by the collective management organisations to ensure collective negotiations for authors and composers, equal access of all authors and composers to the market, broadest access of the public to culturally diverse repertoire, and sustainability of cultural sector in Europe; promotes collective management as a fair and sustainable model for future EU policy considerations;