Activities of Enrico GASBARRA related to 2016/2072(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries (A8-0357/2016 - Christian Ehler, Luigi Morgano) IT
Amendments (9)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Underlines that cultural and creative industries (CCIs) operate in a constantly evolving environment dominated by the development and use of digital Information Communication Technology on a global scale; hence considers it important for the new regulatory framework on copyright to be adaptable to technological developments and to future digital platforms;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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2. Considers that the digital environment offers new opportunities for creators to produce and distribute their works to a wider public at a lower cost, independently of physical and geographical constraints; therefore considers it highly important, with a view to expanding the supply of online legal content, to define new means of circulating works that move beyond the current territorial restrictions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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3. Recalls in this context that CCIs predominantly consist of a myriad of micro-, small and medium –sized enterprises and freelancers, with limited bargaining power vis-à-vis the new digital outlets, as is particularly the case with artists and creators from outside mainstream cultural and linguistic areas;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses therefore that business models are challenged by continuous digital innovation and that the economic value of content is being displaced towards the end of the value chain thereby upsetting the system through which the creative community draws value from content, while facing losses resulting also from piracy and from an as-yet inequitable remuneration of artists and authors;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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5. Calls on the Commission, to effectively address the circulation of illegal digital content and to examine the different options, focusing on copyright –related contracts and growth in the supply of the legal content available, for improving fair remuneration of creators thereby rewarding creativity and innovation while promoting transparency in the copyright value chain in the digital environment, and safeguarding national cultural and linguistic specificities and stimulating economic and research activity.;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Recommends considering the introduction of tougher sanctions and the promotion of a system of guarantees on traceability as a deterrent for large-scale commercial counterfeiters as well as increasing the damages and compensation awarded to right holders; calls on the EU and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns against piracy and counterfeiting; stresses, finally, the need to involve all digital actors in the fight against online counterfeiting;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
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8a. Notes that one of the most effective ways of combating piracy is to make more legal technologies available to users through new supply policies;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment and reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include the CCIs in the Youth Employment Initiative and to provide funds to facilitate careers and training in this sector; calls for more effective use to be made of the resources provided for under the Youth Guarantee scheme;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
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20. Notes that the Guarantee Facility within Creative Europe is one of the ways to address the pressing need for accessing loan financing for innovative and sustainable projects in the CCS; stresses the need to increase the budget of Creative Europe and the Guarantee Facility to effectively support European cultural and creative expressions and diversify the beneficiaries of funding - especially through incentives in the form of public- private partnerships;