2023/2054(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas composers, songwriters and performers are at the very origin of the music sector value chain and the first and foremost creative driving forces of the music sector;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that a~~ction at EU level must be taken to guarantee~~ny initiative taken at EU level on the visibility and accessibility of European works should be based on evidence, considering the wealth of content currently available on music streaming platforms;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to propose a legal framework to ensure the prominence and discoverability of European works on music streaming platforms, to ensure that editorial algorithm and content recommendation systems, including playlists, are used based on fair, reasonable and transparent terms that do not negatively affect diversity, local repertoire and opportunities for artist discovery;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose a legal framework to ensure the prominence and~~assess the current situation regarding visibility and accessibility of European works, based on input from all the stakeholders in the music ecosystem, and the possible need for measures on the discoverability of European works on the music streaming platforms;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose a~~conduct an evidence based assessment analysing which action is necessary, including the most adequate legal framework, to ensure the prominence and discoverability of European works on music streaming platforms;

Amendment 104 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to assess the situation regarding visibility and accessibility of European works and to propose a legal framework to ensure ~~the~~its prominence and discoverability ~~of European works~~ on music streaming platforms;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose a legal framework to ensure the prominence and~~carry out an assessment of the discoverability of European works on music streaming platforms and to propose a legal framework ensuring their visibility and prominence;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recalls that music is streamed through different types of platforms, including via digital music service providers and online content sharing service providers; Underlines the important role that both types of service providers play when it comes to access to music; Calls on the Commission to include all relevant service providers in any future legislative proposals aimed at promoting transparency of algorithms and prominence of European works at EU level;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission, in this context, to ensure that this framework includes specific diversity indicators that would allow for an independent assessment of the use and visibility of European works, for example, in national and minority languages or published by independent authors;deleted

Amendment 108 #

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission, in this context, to ensure that this framework includes specific diversity indicators ~~that would allow for an independent assessment of the use and~~and parameters to be adapted by platforms’ algorithms for better visibility of European works, for example, ~~in national and minority~~of minority and regional languages or published by independent authors and that it highlights best practices to test diversified content promoted on platform interfaces;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission, in this context, to ensure that this framework includes specific diversity indicators that would allow for an independent assessment of the use and visibility of European works~~, for example, in national and minority~~ and its diversity of genres, languages or published by independent authors;

Amendment 11 #

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Laurence FARRENG, Niklas NIENASS, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas human creativity and creative professionals such as authors and performers are at the origin and source of all music that is distributed on streaming platform;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Emphasises the need to collect usage data for all musical works available on the streaming service in order to provide sufficiently and regularly good quality data in a format agreed among relevant actors, to enable them to accurately distribute the revenues and ensuring fair remuneration; Insists that licencing and music recognition technology should be deployed, in consultation with rights holders, in order to facilitate the implementation of EU legislation;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses, moreover, that this would require regular monitoring and reporting on the prominence and discoverability of European works on, among others, curated playlists, user interfaces and recommendation systems;deleted

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses, moreover, that this ~~would require~~any EU level action on music streaming services would require, at the first place, transparency obligations, including regular monitoring and reporting on the prominence and discoverability of European works ~~on, among others~~and elimination of unfair and fraudulent streams, so-called click- fraud, on, inter alia, curated playlists, user interfaces, algorithmic choices and recommendation systems to demonstrate on the one hand how successfully the services have tackled the referred dysfunctionalities, and on the other hand to what extent they have achieved the objective of prominence and discoverability;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses, moreover, that this would require regula~~r monitoring and reporting on the prominence and discovera~~tors to adopt a clear methodology to comprehend and monitor the visibility of European works on, among others, curated playlists, user interfaces, algorithmic choices and recommendation systems with a positive obligation to ensure such prominence and discoverability;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses, moreover, that this would require regular monitoring and reporting ~~on the prominence and discoverability of European works on, among others, curated playlists, user interfaces and recommendation systems~~;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a thorough analysis of all the possible legal tools, including imposing quotas in the curated playlist, user interfaces and/or recommendation systems, to guarantee the discoverability of European works to eliminate harmful streaming manipulation by setting up a clear framework while not causing negative impacts on the European music streaming market;

Amendment 117 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Calls on the Commission to reflect on the possibility of imposing quotas on European works on music streaming platforms;~~deleted

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to collect data by creating a structured dialogue between the different stakeholders involved aiming on finding solutions to ensure the discoverability of European works on music streaming platforms; based on the findings, the Commission could reflect on the possibility of imposing quotas on European works on music streaming platforms;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to gather objective data and to examine concrete solutions to ensure the visibility of European works, including to reflect on the possibility of imposing quotas on European works on music streaming platforms;,

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas rapid innovations in digital technologies over the last two decades have profoundly transformed the music sector, in particular the way music is created, produced and distributed and the way people access and consume it; whereas digitisation represents a game- changer for this sector, revolutionising the creative process, offering creative tools and opportunities that were previously unimaginable; whereas the rise of machine learning and AI-driven technology can support the open ecosystem, allowing authors to generate music with unprecedented complexity; whereas, in this context, AI can be used to generate new melodies, harmonies and rhythms, but also new communities, in a very short time;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to ~~reflect on~~examine the possibility of imposing quotas on European works on music streaming platforms and to propose rules that would set targets to achieve prominence and discoverability of European works ;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to ~~reflect on the possibility of imposing quotas on European works on music streaming platf~~gather objective data, and create a stakeholder dialogue between all the parties to examine concrete solutions to ensure the visibility of European wormks;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to reflect on the possibility of imposing quotas on European ~~works on~~, regional and local works on playlist recommendations of music streaming platforms;

Amendment 123 #

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Laurence FARRENG, Niklas NIENASS, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess adequate ways in order to preserve the digital European musical heritage, while reducing the de- facto dependence on commercial music streaming platforms, ensuring the availability and accessibility of European musical works in the long term;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls for, building on the horizontal provisions of the AI Act, a legal framework to address the specific implications of AI use in cultural creation;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the ethical use of AI in the music sector and highlights that AI can be a tool for artists to explore, innovate and enhance their own creation and supports maximum transparency in any aspect of the development, production and delivery of musical works by means of AI technologies;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the ethical use of AI in the music sector and supports maximum transparency and respect of all EU legal requirements in any aspect of the development, production and delivery of musical works by means of AI technologies;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls ~~on the Commission to propose legal obligations to ensure~~for the transparency of the algorithms and content recommendation systems of very large music streaming platforms, with a view to preventing fraudulent and unfair streaming manipulation practices, such as streaming fraud and fake artists that are used to reduce costs and further lower value for professional authors, as well as to ensure cultural diversitypractices;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to propose legal obligations to ensure the transparency of the algorithms and content recommendation systems of ~~very large~~ music streaming platforms, including online content sharing service providers, with a view to preventing fraudulent and unfair streaming manipulation practices, such as streaming fraud and fake artists that are used to reduce costs and further lower value for professional authors, as well as to ensure cultural diversity;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to propose legal obligations to ensure the transparency of the algorithms and content recommendation systems of very large music streaming platforms, with a view to preventing ~~fraudulent and unfair streaming manipulation practices, such as streaming fraud~~unfair and fraudulent practices, such as streaming manipulation, the use of deepfakes and fake artists, that are used to reduce costs and further lower value for professionals authors, as well as to ensure cultural diversity;

Amendment 13 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas rapid innovations in digital technologies over the last two decades have profoundly transformed the music sector, in particular ~~the way~~facilitating music is createdion, producedtion and dis~~tributed and the way people access and consume it;~~semination worldwide, as well as its accessibility and consumption; whereas these major changes have reinforced music consumption and the global industry's revenue with a 8th consecutive growth year culminating in 2022 with an annual revenue of 22.6 billions of USD6a; _________________ 6a International Federation of Phonography Industry (IFPI) - Global report 2023

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to propose legal ~~obligat~~provisions to ensure the transparency of the algorithms and content recommendation systems of very large music streaming platforms, with a view to preventing fraudulent and unfair streaming manipulation practices, such as streaming fraud and fake artists that are used to reduce costs and further lower value for professional authors, as well as to ensure cultural diversity;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to propose legal obligations to ensure the transparency of the algorithms and content recommendation systems of ~~very large~~all relevant music streaming platforms, with a view to preventing ~~fraudulent and~~ unfair streaming manipulation practices, such as streaming fraud ~~and fake artists~~ that are used to reduce costs and further lower value for professional authors, as well as to ensure cultural diversity;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to propose ~~legal obligat~~targeted provisions to ensure the transparency of the algorithms and content recommendation systems of ~~very large~~ music streaming platforms, with a view to preventing fraudulent and unfair streaming manipulation practices, such as streaming fraud and fake artists that are used to reduce costs and further lower value for professional authors, as well as to ensure cultural diversity;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Asks music services to invest efforts to identify unlawful activity that removes value from creators, including streaming manipulation, ad-blocking and stream-ripping software;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Emphasises that the public should be informed if the musical works, songs or artists they listen to on music streaming platforms have been generated by AI and not by human authors; stresses, in this regard, the need to ~~set up an ‘AI- gener~~work towards ensuring consumers are well-informed, such as through appropriated’ labels; for example to inform about purely AI- generated ~~music~~works that do not involve the expression of the author's personality and creativity;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Emphasises that the ~~public~~users and the public in general should be informed if the musical works, songs or artists they listen to on music streaming platforms have been generated ~~by AI and not by~~exclusively by AI, without the assistance of human authors; stresses, in this regard, the need to set up an clear, timely and visible ‘AI- generated’ label ~~for~~to inform of AI-generated music;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Welcomes dialogue among main stakeholders to tackle the spread of deepfakes in music streaming platforms while considering the interest of authors and performers; recalls that deploying identification tools and easily accessible reporting mechanism for authors, performers and other rightholders would be necessary; recalls that deep fakes are using the voices and image of artist without their consent;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises, furthermore, the need to ensure that authors~~, who~~ are in a position to authorise wor~~ks have been~~ prevent their works being used for training AI-generating applications, and that they receive fair remuneration for it when their works are used with their agreement and consistent with existing law; highlights the important role that collective management organisations should play in carrying out the collection and redistribution of this remuneration;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises, furthermore, the need to ensure that authors, whose works have been used for training AI-generating applications, receive fair remuneration for it; Calls on the Commission to propose legislation that would ensure transparency, consent and remuneration for the use of author's work;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises~~, furthermore,~~ the need to ensure that authors, ~~whose works have been used for training AI-generating applications, receive fair remuneration for i~~performers and other rightholders can easily authorise or prevent their works from being used for the purpose of AI training and that they receive fair remuneration when their works are used with their agreement;

Amendment 14 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the rise of music streaming services returned the European music sector to sustained growth following years of decline; whereas this growth has been generated at the expense of music creators' remuneration, whose share in the allocation of streaming revenues remains significantly lower than that of big corporate players in the streaming value chain;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises, furthermore, the need to ensure that authors, whose works have been used for training AI-generating applications, receive fair remuneration for it or have the option to opt out from the use of their works for the purpose of AI training;

Amendment 141 #

Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises, furthermore, the need to ensure t~~hat authors, whose works have been used for training AI-generating applications, receive fair remuneration for it~~ransparency, consent and remuneration for the use of authors and other rightholders' work in the development, training or design of any AI models and applications;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises, furthermore, the need to ensure that authors, whose works have been used for training AI-generating applications, receive the adequate and fair remuneration for it;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Stresses that the necessary EU requirements for transparency, consent and remuneration for the use of protected works by generative AI tools shall apply to all services and outputs available in the EU, regardless of where the training, design or development phase of such tools or models takes place;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Emphasises that the rise of AI- generated content and a growing number of tracks being uploaded to streaming platforms will further increase the importance of creating a legal framework that ensures the prominence and discoverability of European works on streaming platforms;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Highlights that the use of AI in the European music streaming market must be treated with prudence, balancing positive and negative effects;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Considers that any provider of a foundational models of generative AI, must be subject to stronger transparency requirements such as the production of a summary with the list of the copyright protected content used on the training of their models;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Emphasises the need to ensure that authors and performers’ identities, voices and likenesses are not misappropriated during the creation of music with the use of AI;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Calls on the Commission to assess whether current legislation on transparency, consent and remuneration of authors, performers and other rightholders in the European music sector is adequately implemented, particularly by providers and users of AI generative models and, in its case, to consider whether a revision of the rules is necessary in order to ensure a fair and sustainable European music ecosystem;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to ~~consider the possibility of setting~~set up a European music observatory to provide information on music markets in the EU by collecting and analysing data in the Member States, as well as to analyse and report on legal issues affecting the music sector, in particular the music streaming market, with a view to developing the sector;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas only a small proportion of players such as major labels and most popular artists receive the majority of revenues that music streaming market generates and whereas this leaves a majority of authors with insufficient value to sustain their professional career in the digital environment;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission to further reinforce the Creative Europe programme, in particular with a comprehensive music action;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Stresses that music has a great potential to further promote European culture, history, heritage, values and diversity; believes that music also has the potential to contribute to the EU's soft power; highlights that the promotion of European artists outside the Union should be a strong focus of the EU; calls on the Commission in this regard to develop a comprehensive European export strategy of European music works;

Amendment 152 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Invites the Commission to establish a structured dialogue between all the stakeholders in order to discuss current issues affecting the music streaming market and to work together to find common solutions towards a fairer distribution of the revenues in particular towards authors, performers and other rightholders, in particular European small and micro independent producers;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Invites the Commission to establish a structured dialogue between the stakeholders in order to discuss market related current issues affecting the music streaming market and to work together to find common solutions, in parallel to its expected legislative proposals regarding the transparency of algorithms and prominence of European works;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Invites the Commission to establish a structured dialogue between ~~the~~all stakeholders in order to discuss current issues affecting the music streaming market and to work together to find common solutions;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Invites the Commission to consider introducing a European industrial strategy for music to make the EU play a role in promoting the diversity of EU artists and works, focusing on the strength and diversity of Europe’s music sector, boosting smaller players, getting more investment, providing more exposure to artists and quantifying the results.

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Invites the Commission to initiate a participatory foresight research to analyse the drivers of change impacting this sector and foster the co-creation of a common vision for the cultural sector by 2040 by the main stakeholders and policymakers;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Points out that action could be taken at EU level to educate authors about their metadata, the role such metadata plays in the music value chain and guidance on its correct use;

Amendment 16 #

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Laurence FARRENG, Niklas NIENASS, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the increasing number of acquisitions of song catalogues and recording rights by investors in recent years proves the overall enormous economic value and potential of written and recorded music;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the music sector is constantly adapting, with new business models and new ways of interacting with audiences; whereas small, traditional artists, as well as artists coming from vulnerable communities, need to be supported and encouraged more by the EU in order to for them to adapt and develop their business models and ideas; whereas, in this context, important challenges need to be addressed, such as the promotion of cultural diversity and fair remuneration for all authors;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the music sector is constantly and rapidly adapting, with new business models ~~and~~, new ways of interacting with audiences and the use of complementary platforms such as social media platforms or short form video apps creating new opportunities but also challenges; whereas, in this context, these important challenges need to be addressed, such as the promotion of cultural diversity and fair remuneration for authors;

Amendment 19 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas streaming music through digital music services and online content sharing service providers is now the main way in which people around the world enjoy music, providing access to ~~up to 3~~more than 100 million tracks, available anywhere, anytime and on all kinds of devices, either for free or for a comparatively low monthly subscription fee;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

– having regard to its Resolution of 20 October 2021 on Europe’ s Media in the Digital Decade: an Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation (2021/2017(INI)),

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas streaming music is now the main way in which people around the world enjoy music, providing access to up to 300 million tracks on commercial platforms, available anywhere, anytime and on all kinds of devices, for a comparatively low monthly subscription fee that has barely increased since the emerging of such services;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas audio streaming ~~music~~ is now the main way in which people around the world enjoy music, representing 67% of the global revenue of the music sector7a, providing access to up to 300 million tracks, available anywhere, anytime and on all kinds of devices, for a comparatively low monthly subscription fee; _________________ 7a International Federation of Phonography Industry (IFPI) - Global report 2023

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas streaming music is now the main way in which people around the world enjoy music, providing access to up to 300 million tracks, available anywhere, anytime and on all kinds of devices, for a ~~comparatively low~~ monthly subscription fee;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas most data shows the market to be in relatively good health, studies also point out that the figures used mask a more nuanced situation characterised in particular by a decline in the overall value of products, a concentration of takings or a disruption of the market by new systems of fraud, all these problems affecting the fairness of revenues and the diversity available ;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, alutho~~ugh autho~~rs, composers and performers are at the heart of music creation, they are neither recognised nor remunerated in a way that reflects the true extent of their contribution, receiving very low revenues generated by the music streaming market, which creates a significant imbalance over time that needs to be addressed and should receive adequate streaming revenues;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, although authors and performers are at the heart of music creation, they are neither recognised nor remunerated in a way that reflects the true extent of their contribution as showed by different studies made on the split of the "digital pie"8a, receiving very low revenues generated by the music streaming market, which creates a significant imbalance over time that needs to be addressed; _________________ 8a GEMA - Music streaming in Germany, 2022

Amendment 26 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, although authors and performers are at the heart of music creation, they are ~~neither~~frequently not recognised nor remunerated in a way that reflects the true extent of their contribution, receiving very low revenues generated by the music streaming market, which creates a significant imbalance over time that needs to be addressed;1a _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/BRIE/2023/747252/IPOL_BRI(20 23)747252_EN.pdf

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, although authors and performers are at the heart of music creation, they are n~~either~~ot always recognised nor remunerated in a way that reflects the true extent of their contribution, receiving very low revenues generated by the music streaming market, which creates a significant imbalance over time that needs to be addressed;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas user-upload content on streaming services are providing access to a vast repertoire, usually at no cost to the user at the point of access, and whereas many of these streaming services fail to provide data or data is not of a sufficient quality to identify the authors, performers and other rightsholders, leading to supressed returns to creators and increased processing costs for rightsholders;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas authors and composers should enjoy more recognition and their name be visible on the music streaming services;

Amendment 3 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe3a, _________________ 3a OJ C 385, 22.9.2021, p. 152.

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas this is due to several long- standing systemic issues that the music industry is still facing;

Amendment 31 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas the average price of a monthly subscription to a music streaming service has not increased over the years since the launch of such services, especially when taking into account inflation and the vast increase of content available;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas other factors including very high levels of concentration, unlicensed and under-licensed services, streaming manipulation and piracy are affecting the rise of a European healthy music streaming market;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas authors’ rights should not be considered as free asset for music services’ own commercial and promotional strategies;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas music streaming platforms and online content sharing service providers, through their use of algorithms and recommendation systems, ~~play a decisive role in determining what subscribers listen to and therefore have a significant impact on cultural diversity~~already influence their streams by selecting or inflating the visibility of certain track and thus have a significant impact on cultural diversity and the earnings of European authors and composers;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas music streaming platforms, through their use of algorithms and recommendation systems, play a decisive role in determining what subscribers ldis~~ten to~~cover and therefore have a significant impact on cultural diversity and hence the whole value-chain activities and revenues of European cultural and creative industries;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas music streaming platforms, through their use of algorithms and recommendation systems, play a ~~decisive~~n important role ion ~~determining what subscribers listen to and therefore have a significant impact on cultural diversity~~the music consumed and therefore on cultural diversity but also affect creators who do not fully control the means of their communication;

Amendment 37 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas music streaming platforms, through their use of algorithms and recommendation systems, play a ~~decisive role in determining what subscribers listen to~~n important role in the discovery of content and therefore have a significant impact on cultural diversity;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas music streaming platforms, through their use of algorithms and recommendation systems, play a decisive role in ~~determining what subscribers listen to~~the discovery of content and therefore have a significant impact on cultural diversity;

Amendment 39 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas, despite the previous calls of the European Parliament asking further action on the algorithmic transparency of and cultural diversity on streaming services in the cultural sector, these platforms operate in a legal vacuum with regard to transparency of the functioning of their algorithms and recommendation tools and the promotion of European works, as they are under no obligation at EU level to ensure any transparency on the functioning of their operations;

Amendment 4 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to its Resolution of 20 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on a framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies (2020/2012(INL)),

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas these platforms ~~operate in a legal vacuum with regard to transparency and the promotion of European works, as they~~ are under no legal obligation at EU level to ensure ~~any transparency on the func~~the promotion~~ing~~ of ~~their operation~~European works;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the~~se platforms operate in a legal vacuum with regard to transparency and the promotion of European works, as they are under no obligation at EU level to ensure any transparency on the func~~ services distributing music have not been regulated at EU level until now with regard to the promotion~~ing~~ of ~~their operation~~European works;

Amendment 42 #

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Laurence FARRENG, Niklas NIENASS, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas music streaming platforms should continue their efforts to increase overall transparency and traceability concerning many operational aspects of high relevance to authors, performers, rightholders, the audience and the general public, including most notably the functioning of their payment and remuneration systems, the curation of playlists, the discoverability of works, and the availability of metadata;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the live music sector offers audiovisual streaming of music and live performances; whereas these streamings are non-commercial offers in the majority of cases and are often published on online platforms to give access to culture to a wider audience;

Amendment 44 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the promotion of cultural diversity in the European music streaming market cannot depend solely on the commercial decisions of a few private dominant global operators and should be further analysed to unleash the full potential of the market;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the promotion of cultural diversity in the European music streaming market ~~cannot depend solely on the commercial decisions of a few private dominant global operators~~, where a number of global operators exist, should be ensured, as well as the promotion of European artists worldwide;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the promotion of cultural diversity in the European music streaming market needs to be ensured and cannot depend solely on the commercial decisions of ~~a few~~ private dominant global operators;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the music sector is increasingly confronted with the rise of AI- generated content with a growing number of tracks flooding streaming platforms on a daily basis; thereby threatening to further aggravate existing imbalances to the detriment of music creators and making the discoverability of European works on streaming platforms even more challenging; whereas the development of AI technologies should instead serve and enhance human creativity;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas generative artificial intelligence generated content provides neither the necessary transparency, nor any remuneration for the use of authors work;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas several cases of streaming fraud and manipulation ~~or streams by fake artists have been identified,~~have been identified, and while detecting systems exist these identification mechanisms are limited in mitigating fraudulent behaviour - as certain players work to manipulate the system to skim off revenues that should go to authors and creators, for example, by using bots to artificially inflate the number of listeners for certain songs, and whereas a significant number of streams worldwide could be generated artificially;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 14 December 2022 on the implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations5a, _________________ 5a OJ C 177, 15.5.2023, p.78.

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas several cases of streaming fraud and manipulation or ~~streams by~~ "fake artists" have been identified, as certain players manipulate the system to skim off revenues that should go to authors, for example, by using bots to artificially inflate the number of listeners for certain songs;9a; whereas these illegal practices have multiple negative impacts on artists and on the over whole music streaming market; _________________ 9a CNM - Manipulation of streams, 2023

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas s~~everal cases~~ignificant amount of streaming fraud and manipulation or streams by fake artists have been identified, as certain players manipulate the system to skim off revenues that should go to authors, for example, by using bots to artificially inflate the number of listeners for certain ~~song~~tracks they upload to music streaming services;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas several cases of streaming fraud and manipulation ~~or streams by fake artists~~ have been identified, as certain players manipulate the system to skim off revenues that should go to authors, for example, by using bots to artificially inflate the number of listeners for certain songs;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas various ways of streaming manipulation have been reported in a number of studies and articles also with the involvement of the music streaming services themselves, including content sharing platforms, to make choices on commercial basis to favour certain songs or to reduce their costs, which they would otherwise need to pay professional authors and composers as an appropriate and proportionate remuneration;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas the structural problems of fairness and longstanding flaws in the operations of music streaming platform, such as “streaming fraud”, “ghost/fake artists”, “payola schemes” “royalty free content” and other coercive practices exacerbates this imbalance;

Amendment 55 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas more ~~concer~~dedicated efforts should be made to tackle and eliminate these issues, given their impact on the market, in particular on revenue share; whereas in regards to authors’ in particular on revenues from streaming services, a thorough investigation is necessary to collect data and analyse the current situation;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas more concerted efforts should be made to tackle these issues, given their impact on the market, in particular ~~on revenue share~~with regards to revenue share; to this end, further analysis should be conducted to identify facts;

Amendment 57 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas it is important to ensure a functioning internal market for online distribution of music and avoid discrepancies that could create obstacles to the circulation of creative content across Europe;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas authors' societies play a key role in rights management, collective negotiation and ensuring a proper value for the use of authors' works in the music streaming market;

Amendment 59 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need to create a fair and sustainable ecosystem for music streaming in the EU that both promotes cultural diversity and corrects the imbalances that ~~threaten the sector~~negatively affect the sector, especially composers, songwriters and performers, and eventually its prosperity;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to its Resolution on intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies 2.10.2020 - (2020/2015(INI)),

Amendment 60 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need to ~~create~~support a fair and sustainable ecosystem for music streaming in the EU that both promotes cultural diversity and ~~correct~~addresses the imbalances that threaten the sustainability of the sector;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need to create arules ensuring fair and sustainable ecosystem for music streaming in the EU that both promotes cultural diversity and corrects the imbalances that threaten the sector;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need to ~~create~~support a fair and sustainable ecosystem for music streaming in the EU that ~~both promotes cultural diversity and corrects the~~addresses the potential imbalances that threaten the sector;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for the development of the creative process through an open ecosystem that allows authors to share compositions and sounds, and that creates new opportunities for artists to thrive;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights the fact that all actors in the music streaming value chain need to engage and make the necessary changes to ensure a fair and sustainable ecosystem in the sector and ensure editorial developments don't negatively affect diversity, local repertoire and opportunities for artist discovery; Strongly recommends that the stakeholders take the necessary steps to overcome the current imbalances in the allocation of revenues; calls on the Commission to monitor and to encourage progress in this regard and to consider appropriate policy proposals should voluntary stakeholder initiatives fail to produce meaningful solutions;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Hhighlights ~~the fact~~ that all actors in the music streaming value chain need to engage and make the necessary changes to ensure a fair and sustainable ecosystem in the sector and the authors, whose contribution is currently undervalued, should receive a more favourable share from that growth;

Amendment 66 #

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Laurence FARRENG, Niklas NIENASS, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that voices of authors and performers must be taken into consideration in order to live up to the artistic, cultural and societal value and importance of their role in the music market; welcomes any efforts to improve the payment systems of music streaming platforms towards more adequately benefiting authors and performers;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes with concern that the current imbalance in revenue allocation in the music ~~streaming market~~industry disfavours both authors and performers and puts the sustainability of their professional career in the digital market at risk;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Takes note that EU wide licenses raise concerns about diversity as they can be contracted for specific repertoires and small repertoires being at risk of being less economically interesting than bigger ones; stresses in this regard, that not only could providers be more inclined to stream more popular and profitable repertoires but also collective management organisations (CMOs) could then change their offer strategies in order to be more financially sustainable; Recalls that according to Directive 2014/26/EUf there should be a free market for organisations representing and collecting fair remuneration for creators, performers and record producers;

Amendment 69 #

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Laurence FARRENG, Niklas NIENASS, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate whether the fundamental principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration is fulfilled by current payment systems of streaming platforms as well as by existing contracts concluded between authors and performers on the one hand and other actors of the value chain within the music sector on the other;

Amendment 7 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the music sector is a major pillar of culture, as a vital component of cultural and linguistic diversity in the EU, ~~with the widest public outreach of any cultural and creative sector~~being a part of the cultural and creative sectors and industries with the widest public outreach due to the multiplication of its access modes;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and the industry to assess the impact of the current revenue distribution model on cultural diversity and streaming fraud and explore alternative and fairer models to reallocate streaming revenues;

Amendment 71 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Encourages exploring other alternative models to the pro-rata system in order to achieve the model that brings the most equal and fair share of revenues;

Amendment 72 #

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Laurence FARRENG, Niklas NIENASS, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Encourages the Commission to evaluate whether technologies such as blockchain have the potential to improve the overall situation, especially for authors, performers and rightholders, with regards to transparency, accuracy and cost efficiency, in particular concerning metadata and remuneration;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission to examine the high level of concentration in the music industry and assess its impact on cultural diversity, on the remuneration of authors and on competition;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Urges stakeholders to take the necessary steps to eliminate this imbalance, and asks the Commission to monitor any possible progress in this respect and to consider possible appropriate policy options, if this is not addressed by voluntary stakeholder initiatives;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the key role of authors should be reflected through greater visibility on the music streaming services and a more balanced distribution of streaming revenues; Calls on the industry to explore new and fairer models to reallocate streaming revenues between different tracks based on new criteria, assessing how music streaming platforms count streams and allocate revenues; Calls for an assessment of streaming platforms remuneration policies away from the pro-rata rates that are too favorable to the most popular artists and look into other alternatives such as user- centred models seen as fairer and expected to have a positive effect on the fight against streaming fraud;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for the application of the fair pay principles within the sector and between cultural and creative sectors; highlights that the inequalities within this sector are mainly generated by streaming revenues, which affect the fairness of revenues and the diversity needed in the music sector;

Amendment 77 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises that it is essential to improve authors’ identification on music streaming services, in particular by ensuring a comprehensive and accurate metadata allocation from the time of creation; underlines the importance of becoming a member of authors’ society for effective and accurate management of authors’ rights, also on music streaming platforms

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises that it is essential to improve ~~authors’~~the identification of authors, composers, musicians, producers, labels and publishers on music streaming services, in particular by ensuring a comprehensive and accurate metadata allocation from the time of creation and by using these data to improve the search functions in order to boost their visibility;

Amendment 79 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises that it is essential to improve ~~authors’~~the identification of authors on music streaming services, in particular by ensuring a comprehensive and accurate metadata allocation from the time of creation, recognising its key role on the discoverability and by using this data to improve the platforms’ search functions as a way to boost their visibility;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the music sector is an important part of the CCIs, which is recognised as one of the 14 key ecosystems for the building of European economy, bringing growth and creation of jobs, including for young people;

Amendment 80 #

Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the role of metadata i~~t is essential~~n the discoverability of creation; highlights the necessity to improve authors’ identification on music streaming services, in particular by ensuring a comprehensive and accurate metadata allocation from the time of creation;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on all music industry players to intensify their efforts to ensure the comprehensive and correct metadata allocation of songs by identifying and accurately reporting authors’ data for their musical works; Recalls that nowadays artists can choose to record and release their work through artist and label services or fully independently, which gives them more artistic and financial autonomy and more freedom to contract; Notes in this regard, that the latter is a model that is attracting more and more artists on streaming platforms and believes that they should have the ability to waive their right to be part of CMOs and be legally able to directly manage their remuneration when they are not members of any CMO or independent management entities, even through the service of a platform that distributes their music;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes with concern that inequalities of old rates of revenue sharing seem to have persisted despite the structural changes in the market and labels continue to hold a dominant position; strongly believes that all artists should receive a fair contemporary digital rate; calls, therefore, on record labels to commit to revising all pre-digital royalty rates;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the need to raise awareness, in particular among young authors, of the importance of accurately identifying songs with the proper metadata; Encourages research programmes and innovative initiatives that allow authors and citizens to understand metadata indexing and improve their acquisition of recommendation system.

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Strongly believes, that the authors and composers in the music sector must be ensured of the right to collective agreements and collective representation, in order to safeguard an appropriate remuneration, stronger negotiation power, equal access to market, and cultural diversity within the EU;

Amendment 85 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the existence of ~~so- called payola~~any schemes, which would force authors to accept lower revenues in exchange for greater visibility, ~~thereby further reducing their already very low streaming revenues,~~ while the promise of greater visibility remains unfulfilled ~~in most cases~~;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the existence of ~~so- called payola~~any kind of schemes, which force authors to accept lower revenues in exchange for greater visibility, thereby further reducing their already very low streaming revenues, while the promise of greater visibility remains unfulfilled in most cases;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the existence of ~~so- called payola~~any schemes, which force authors to accept lower revenues in exchange for greater visibility, thereby further reducing their already very low streaming revenues, while the promise of greater visibility remains unfulfilled in most cases;

Amendment 88 #

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Laurence FARRENG, Niklas NIENASS, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Monica SEMEDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Highlights the importance of overall transparency and traceability concerning many operational aspects of high relevance to authors, performers, rightholders, the audience and the general public, including most notably the functioning of the streaming platforms’ payment and remuneration systems, the curation of playlists, the discoverability of works, and the availability of metadata; regrets that in general, music streaming platforms significantly lack such transparency and traceability

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls the need to ensure the value of authors’ rights regardless of music streaming services’ offers; notes that authors across Europe complain about insufficient revenues they receive from music streaming platforms and denounces the practices that impose on authors less or no remuneration for the use of their works;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas composers, songwriters and performers are the first and foremost creative driving forces of the music sector; whereas small artists represent a vital part of the musical ecosystem; whereas traditional artists contribute to the preservation of the cultural heritage; whereas artists coming from vulnerable groups and communities ensure musical diversity;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes th~~at there is strong~~e competition between music streaming providers on the European market~~, with~~ is affected by the existence of only a few dominant global players; recalls the need for the rapid implementation of the Digital Market Act and the Digital Services Act in order to ensure a fair ecosystem among online platforms and music service providers, ensuring that more revenues can go to authors and composers;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that there is strong competition between music streaming providers on the European market, with a few dominant global players; recalls the need for the rapid implementation of the Digital Market Act and the Digital Services Act in order to ensure a fair ecosystem by putting an end to unfair competition practices among online platforms and music streaming service providers;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlights that digitisation pays a crucial role for the future of pay, allowing artists to access online their pay packages, while ensuring pay transparency and efficient auditing; stresses the need for a salary benchmarking and pay transparency to provide greater visibility into streaming pay practices;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses the importance of ensuring investment in new European talent and music, by boosting the investment capacity through appropriate funding instruments, including through the Creative Europe programme;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Asks all actors in the music streaming sector to work together to assess and reduce the carbon footprint of digital music;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on the mobilisation of right policies and programmes to put digitisation at the service of the artists and culture; highlights that the Europe’s Digital Decade policy programme could support the small, young, traditional artists, as well as artists from vulnerable communities, through the creation of necessary skills and the digital transformation of business models;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to properly implement the rules applicable to online content sharing service providers with a view to ensure an appropriate remuneration of authors , performers and other rightholders from that service provider, by putting an end to non-licensed and under-licensed use of musical works;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Believes the status quo rewards global homogeneity of content, and under-represents local or niche artists; notes it gives no incentive to invest in more diverse forms of repertoire, by language or genre; asks the Member States and the Commission to put in place measures that would allow to boost local repertoire and languages by better profiling in playlisting and other features or specific mechanisms allocated to investment in new, local recordings;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Promotes the sharing of information about artists live performances on platforms, especially for local artists, to facilitate new discoveries and further visibility;

Amendment 99 #