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Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas under Directive 2001/29 /EC, Member States may provide for an exception or limitation to the reproduction right for certain types of reproduction of audio, visual and audio-visual material for private use, accompanied by fair remuneration, and may allow consumers in countries that have introduced that limitation to copy their music and audio- visual collections from one medium or type of multimedia material to another ~~freely and as frequently as they wish~~, without seeking authorisation from the rightholders, provided this is for their private use; whereas any levies should be calculated on the basis of the possible harm to the rightholders resulting from the private copying act in question;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas these levies only constitute a small proportion of the turnover of manufacturers and importers of traditional and digital recording media and material;~~deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas Directive 2001/29/EC and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union do not require Member States to see that rightholders receive direct payment of the full levy collected for private copying, and whereas the Member States have broad powers of discretion to establish that part of that remuneration should be paid indirectly; whereas there must be no discrimination between national and EU rightholders as regards access to cultural and social payments from social and cultural funds;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas media and material prices do not vary according to the different rates of private copying levy applied across the Union, and whereas the abolition of private copying levies in Spain in 2012 has had no impact on media and material prices;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas in the case of online ~~music~~ sales, ~~licence-granting practices are being viewed as an alternative to the system of private copying levie~~additional levies should not give rise to double payments;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Emphasises that in times of budget austerity, private copying levies constitute a vital source of revenue for the cultural sector, and particularly for the performance arts;~~deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Considers that the private copying levy should apply to all material, media and services whose value resides in their private recording and storage capacity;~~deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that private copying levies should be payable by manufacturers or importers; notes that, if the levy were transferred to retailers, this would result in an excessive administrative burden for small and medium-sized distribution companies and collective rights management organisations;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Observes that, despite permanent access to online works, downloading, storage and private copying for offline use is continuing; takes the view that a private copying levy system cannot therefore be replaced by a licencing system;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that, as for online services, ~~contractual authorisa~~licencing conditions cannot be allowed to prevail to the detriment of private copying exception arrangements;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes the view that private copies of protected works made using cloud computing technology may have the same purpose as those made using traditional and/or digital recording media and materials; considers that these copies should be taken into account by the private copying compensation mechanisms;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to assess the impact on the private copying system of the use of cloud computing technology for the private recording and storage of protected works, so as to determine how these private copies of protected works should be taken into account by the private copying compensation mechanisms;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission and Member States to examine the possibility of legalising works sharing for non- commercial purposes so as to guarantee consumers access to a wide variety of content and real choice in terms of cultural diversity und put forward possible solutions to facilitate the non-commercial and transformative use of works in the everyday digital world without complicated rights clearance procedures and free of legal uncertainty;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

13 Amendments of Josef WEIDENHOLZER related to 2013/2114(INI)

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