Activities of Marie-Christine BOUTONNET related to 2014/2256(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights (debate) FR
Amendments (16)
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of conducting a consultation on copyright, which attracted great interest from civil society with more than 9 500 replies, 58.7 % of which came from end users11; __________________ 11Commission, DG MARKT, Report on the responses to the Public Consultation on the Review of the EU Copyright Rules, July 2014, p. 5.Points out that all the replies received in the Commission’s consultation should be carefully considered; asserts the importance of ensuring that the interests of the various stakeholders, especially those of the public and consumers, are taken into account, while, at the same time, the protection of authors as the drivers of intellectual and artistic creation is not called into question; notes that it is vital to promote access to culture and to secure authors’ remuneration; notes that the non-material wealth of our society, which is generated by the human imagination, must be protected; points out that Directive 2001/29/EC did not remove the disparities between countries in their treatment of copyright because it failed to address the many factors underlying the most significant disparities; notes, for example, that the concept of originality was not defined and that questions of ownership and moral rights were not resolved, with the result that parallel provisions for copyright and for ‘droit d’auteur’ could continue to exist;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CallPoints onut the Commission to harmoniseat authors are entitled to profit from their work, and that they therm of protection of copyright to a duration that does not exceed the current international standards set out in the Berne Conventionefore enjoy universally recognised property rights; advocates observance of the term of copyright extending 70 years from the date of the author’s death, as applicable in many EU countries;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that exceptions and limitations in the digital environment should be enjoyed without any unequal treatment as compared with those granted in the analogue worlddigital and analogue markets are different, and that therefore use should be made of the techniques introduced since the entry into force of Directive 2001/29/EC;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Views with concern the increasing impact of differences among Member States in the implementation of exceptions, which creates legal uncertainty and has direct negative effects on the funcRecalls that each Member State may continue to legislate on the basis of respect for and conservation and promotioning of the digital single market, in view of the development of cross-border activitiesits cultural identity, contributing to the cultural richness of Europe;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EU legislator to ensure that the use of photographs, video footage or other images of works which are permanently located in public places is permittedNotes that the mere presence of a work in the public domain does not deprive the author of his rights;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a broad exception for research and education purposes, which should cover not only educational establishments but any kind of educational or research activity, including non-formal education;
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the EU legislator to preclude Member States from introducing statutory licences for the compensation of rightholders for the harm caused by acts made permissible by an exceptiononsiders that the licensing system currently in use should be improved with care;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the adoption of harmonised criteria for defining the harm caused to rightonsiders that the right balance shoulders in respect of reproductions made by a natural person for private use, and for harmonised transparency measures as regards be struck between the interests of the author and those of the public; the private copying levies put in place in some Member States13; __________________ 13As stated in António Vitorino’s recommendations of 31 January 2013 resulting from the latest mediation process conducted by the Commission in respect of private copying and reprography levies.ght of reproduction and adaption and the right to make back-up copies should be granted where the source of the copy is legal;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. StresseConsiders that the effective exercise of exceptions or limitations, and access to content that is not subject to copyright or related rights protection, should not be hindered by technological measuresconcept of the principle of territoriality should be respected;
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recommends making legal protection against the circumvention of any effective technological measures conditional upon the publication of the source code or the interface specification, in order to secure the integrity of devices on which technological protections are employed and to ease interoperability; considers, in particular, that where the circumvention of technological measures is allowed, technological means to achieve such authorised circumvention must be availableNotes that the aims of the 2001 directive have not been attained; technologies which make it possible to limit unauthorised use of works, with the exception of software, must ensure interoperability;