16 Amendments of Kostas CHRYSOGONOS related to 2014/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the European legal framework for copyright and related rights is central to the promotion of creativity and innovation, and to access to knowledge and information, while at the same time also providing authors of literary and artistic works with sufficient recognition and protection of their intellectual property rights;

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights enshrines the right to property, ~~drawing a distinction between~~which covers both the protection of possessions~~, on the one hand~~ (paragraph 1), and the protection of intellectual property~~, on the other~~ (paragraph 2);

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Acknowledges the necessity for the rights of authors and performers to be pro~~vided with legal protection for~~tected so that their creative and artistic work; is recognised and legally protected;· recognises the role of producers and publishers in bringing works to the market, and the need for appropriate remuneration for all categories of rightholders; calls for improvements to the contractual position of authors and performers in relation to other rightholders and intermediaries;

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Acknowledges the necessity ~~for authors and performers to be provided with legal~~to confirm the exclusive rights for authors and performers in order to safeguard their legal recognition and 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 remuneration for all categories of rightholders; calls for improvements to the contractual position of authors and performers in relation to other rightholders and intermediaries;

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers the introduction of a single European Copyright Title on the basis of Article 118 TFEU that would apply directly and uniformly across the EU, in accordance with the Commission’s objective of better regulation, as a legal means to remedy the lack of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/EC;deleted

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers the introduction of a single European Copyright Title on the basis of Article 118 TFEU that would apply directly and uniformly across the EU, in accordance with the Commission’s objective of better regulation, as a legal means to remedy the lack of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/EC;deleted

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls on the Commission to harmonise~~Notes that the term of protection of copyright ~~to a duration that does not exceed the current international standards set out in the Berne Convention~~has been harmonised at EU level by Directive 2006/116/EC (which was revised by Directive 2011/77/EU) without prejudice to the current international standards set out in the Berne Convention; and encourages Member States to finalise the transposition and implementation of this directive in a streamlined manner;

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the EU legislator to remain faithful to the objective stated in Directive 2001/29/EC of providing an adequate protection for copyright and neighbouring rights as one of the main ways of ensuring European cultural creativity and safeguarding a fair balance between the different categories of rightholders and users of protected subject- matter, as well as between the different categories of rightholders;

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to make mandatory all the exceptions and limitations referred to in Directive 2001/29/EC, to allow equal access to cultural diversity across borders within the internal market and to improve legal certainty;delete

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to make mandatory all the exceptions and limitations referred to in Directive 2001/29/EC, to allow equal access to cultural diversity across borders within the internal market and to improve legal certainty;deleted

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls for the adoption of a ~~mandatory~~n exception allowing libraries to lend books to the public in digital formats, irrespective of the place of access;

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
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 exception;~~delete

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
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 exception;~~deleted

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
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 available;delete

2015/03/05
Committee: JURI