11 Amendments of Mady DELVAUX related to 2014/2256(INI)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society was aimed at adapting legislation on copyright and related rights to reflect technological developments, while providing for a high level of protection of intellectual property, taking as a basis the rights of creators, to foster investment in creativity and innovation and creative developments, and to safeguard employment and encourage job creation;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Emphasises that any revision of Directive 2001/29/EC should continue to safeguard the principle of fair remuneration for rightholders; calls for a reaffirmation of the principle of territoriality, enabling each Member State to safeguard the fair remuneration principle within the framework of its own cultural policy;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Points out that the existence of copyright and related rights inherently implies territoriality; emphasises that there is no contradiction between that principle and measures to ensure the portability of content;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the necessity for authors and performers to be provided with legal protection for their creative and artistic work; recognises the role of producers and publishers in bringing works to the market, and the need for appropriate remunerfair compensation for all categories of rightholders; calls for improvements to the conton the Member States to explore practuical position of authors and performers in relation to other rightholders and intermediariesmeasures for ensuring that authors and performers receive fair remuneration;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsidersInvites the Commission to explore the introduction of a single European Copyright Title on the basised ofn Article 118 TFEU that would apply directly and uniformly across the EU, in accordancUnion as a legal means to remedy the lack of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/EC and to improve legal certainty in line with the Commission’'s objective of better regulation, as a legal means to reme; therefore calls on the Commission to study the limpackt of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/ECa single European Copyright Title on digital jobs and innovation, and on the preservation of consumers' access to regional cultural diversity;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Draws attention to the fact that multi- territorial licensing, as provided for in Directive 2014/26/EU on collective management of copyright, is an option when broadcasters want Europe-wide coverage;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 g (new)
Paragraph 11 g (new)
11g. Calls on the Commission to consider with care the possibility of making certain exceptions mandatory where the purpose is to protect fundamental rights, particularly to combat discrimination or protect freedom of the press; realls in this context that fair compensation should be provided for these exceptions;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the European legislator to ensure the technological neutrality and future-compatibility of exceptions and limitations by taking due account of the effects of media convergence; considers, in particular, that the exception for quotation should expressly includeConsiders that the exception for quotation should continue to be strictly defined, while including the possibility of its extension to audio- visual quotations in its scope;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the ability to freely link from one resource to another is one of the fundamental building blocks of the internet; calls on the EU legislator to make it clearincorporate the case-law of the Court of Justice into its positive law so that reference to works by means of a hyperlink is not subject to exclusive rights, as it does not consist in a communication to a new public12; observes that this option must be strictly limited to links which lead to freely available content; observes that the online intermediaries liability regime applicable to links to illicit content should be tightened up, particularly by revising the e-commerce directive; __________________ 12 Order of the Court of Justice of 21 October 2014 in Case C-348/13, BestWater International GmbH v Michael Mebes and Stefan Potsch (request for a preliminary ruling from Germany’s Bundesgerichtshof).
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EU legislator to ensure that the non-commercial use of photographs, video footage or other images of works which are permanently located in public places is permitted;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need to enable automated analytical techniques for text and data (e.g. ‘text and data mining’) for all purposes which are not directly commercial, provided that permission to read the work has been acquired;