Activities of Maria BADIA i CUTCHET related to 2012/2094(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy
Amendments (5)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that citizens see theperceived the fragmented Member State-based current system of copyright protection as a tool to ‘punish and withhold, instead of a tool to recognise and reward’; and to widen and promote culture and knowledge; Stresses the need to revise the EU IPR Enforcement Directive, balancing both IPR right-holders and citizens' rights, before further entering into international IPR protection negotiations.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that the European Union should stop negotiating international agreements on IPR in plurilateral and bilateral settings until the issues regarding IPR on the Internet and the fresponsible use of the Internet have been addressed internally and duly resolved;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Council not to conclude trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required to restrict access to websites, remove user-generated content or provide personal information in ways that breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online; and to be vigilant about harmful potential of certain technology systems coming from outside the EU.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the EU should include in future FTAs objective and, transparent and accountable safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring the free flow of information respecting the existing commitments in the international forums, particularly within the WTO; Recalls that by protecting the free flow of information in the cyberspace, the EU can strengthen the protection of digital freedom and fundamental rights worldwide, particularly within its neighbour countries and trade partner countries;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes and transparency mechanisms in respect of trading in products – from basic goods and equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom; regards jamming and interception technology products and services as ‘single use’ items whose export should be subject to ex-ante approval.