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4 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2015/2147(INI)

Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) is important in terms of EU media regulation and for the promotion of European works, and is based on the principle of technological neutrality, ensuring a level playing field;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the review of the AVMSD initiated by the Commission, in particular its extent and the consistent application of rules to all players operating in the market, regardless of their status;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule out discrimination to a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened content; stresses the need to adjust the definition of the status of intermediaries in the current digital environment;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media; Welcomes the Commission's intention to overhaul copyright law; stresses that any revised provisions should apply to all media and should be future-proof, as well as being balanced; urges the Commission to ensure fair remuneration for creators; further urges the Commission to take into account the overwhelming support in the European Parliament for the introduction of minimum standards across the exceptions from and limitations to copyright, as well as the need to ensure that where an exception or limitation already applies, new usages of content which are made possible by technological advances or new uses of technology should be, insofar as possible, construed in line with the existing exception or limitation, provided that the new usage is similar to the existing one, in order to improve legal certainty;
2015/10/02
Committee: CULT