Activities of Georgios PAPASTAMKOS related to 2010/2156(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that legislation cannot force creativity and innovation, which are best encouraged by giving maximum freedom for entrepreneurs and creators to pursue their business and exert their talent; however legislation can provide protection against abuse of intellectual property rights.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly believes that greater trade openness in the CCI sector would greatly benefit the global economy; notes that while world trade in CCI goods and services remains dominated by developed countries, the market share of developing countries has been constantly increasing in the past ten years, particularly reflecting the rise of China; considers that the CCI have the potential to contribute towards the economic revitalisation of European regions and towns whose markets, based on producing and trading in traditional local craft products, have declined economically as a result of unfair competition with products from dynamically developing economies;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the protection of intellectual property rights is an issue central to securing the European cultural and creative industries and maintain incentives for companies, artists and creators to innovate; maintains that international cooperation is the only way to combat piracy, counterfeiting and the violation of intellectual property rights;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that ACTA is a means of enhancing the effectiveness of existing standards for the benefit of EU exports and the protection of copyright holders, who are confronted on the world market with widespread infringements of their intellectual property rights, trademarks, patents, designs and geographical indications;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that e-commerce and the internet are developing at such a pace, with ‘generations’ of technology growing shorter geometrically, and therefore believes that attempts to regulate them will always be at least a generationshould be made to bring the Union's regulatory response into line with current social and commercial requirements so that it does not become pointless through lagging behind, and thus largely pointless and damaging toobstruct the full unlocking of the potential of the cultural and creative industries of EU Member States.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions as an essential instrument to guarantee that the 'cultural exception' in international trade in goods and services of a cultural and creative nature is maintained within the international framework of the WTO;