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1 Amendments of Lara COMI related to 2016/0280(COD)

Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Information society service providers that store and providmake available to the public access to large amounts of works or othcopyright protected works or other subject-matter, uploaded by their users, going beyond the mere technical, automatic and passive provision of physical facilities, shall be obliged to conclude licensing agreements with rightholders. Those service providers subject-matter uploaded by their usershall not benefit from the liability exemption provided for in Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Where information society service providers are eligible for the liability exemption provided for in Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC, they shall, in cooperation with rightholders, take measures to ensure the functioning of agreements concluded with rightholders for the use of their works or other subject- matter orand to prevent the availability on their services of works or other protected subject-matter identified by rightholders through the cooperation with the service providers. Those measures, such as the use of effective content recognition technologies, shall be appropriate and proportionate. TAll the service providers shall provide rightholders with adequate information on the functioning and the deployment of the measures, as well as, when relevant, adequate reporting on the recognition and use of the works and other subject-matter.
2017/04/05
Committee: IMCO