16 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2014/2256(INI)
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsidersInvites the Commission to explore the introduction of a single European Copyright Title on the basised ofn Article 118 TFEU that would apply directly and uniformly across the EU, in accordancUnion as a legal means to remedy the lack of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/EC and to improve legal certainty in line with the Commission’'s objective of better regulation, as a legal means to reme; therefore calls on the Commission to study the limpackt of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/ECa single European Copyright Title on digital jobs and innovation, and on the preservation of consumers' access to regional cultural diversity;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsidersInvites the Commission to explore the introduction of a single European Copyright Title on the basised ofn Article 118 TFEU that would apply directly and uniformly across the EU, in accordancUnion as a legal means to remedy the lack of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/EC and to improve legal certainty in line with the Commission’'s objective of better regulation, as a legal means to reme; therefore calls on the Commission to study the limpackt of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/ECa single European Copyright Title on digital jobs and innovation, and on the preservation of consumers' access to regional cultural diversity;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that the EU legislator should, while protecting personal information, further lower the barriers to thefor re-use of public sector information by exempting works produced by the public sector – as part ofofficial works, which are produced by government employees as part of their official duty within the political, legal and administrative process –, from copyright protection;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that the EU legislator should, while protecting personal information, further lower the barriers to thefor re-use of public sector information by exempting works produced by the public sector – as part ofofficial works, which are produced by government employees as part of their official duty within the political, legal and administrative process –, from copyright protection;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to safeguard public domain works, which are by definition not subject to copyright protection, and should therefore be able toshould be used and re-used without technical or contractual barriers; also calls ontherefore urges the Commission to recognise the freedom of rightholders to voluntarily relinquish their rights andclarify that once a work is in the public domain, any digitisation of the work which does not constitute a new, transformative work, stays in the public domain; also calls on the Commission to recognise the freedom of authors to dedicate their works to the public domain;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to safeguard public domain works, which are by definition not subject to copyright protection, and should therefore be able toshould be used and re-used without technical or contractual barriers; also calls ontherefore urges the Commission to recognise the freedom of rightholders to voluntarily relinquish their rights andclarify that once a work is in the public domain, any digitisation of the work which does not constitute a new, transformative work, stays in the public domain; also calls on the Commission to recognise the freedom of authors to dedicate their works to the public domain;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the ability to benefit from exceptions and limitations should be enjoyed in the digital environment should be enjoyed without any unequal treatment as compared withto those granted in the analogue world;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the ability to benefit from exceptions and limitations should be enjoyed in the digital environment should be enjoyed without any unequal treatment as compared withto those granted in the analogue world;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the European legislator to ensure the technological neutrality and future- compatibility of exceptions and limitations by taking due account of the effects of media convergence; considers, in particular, that the exception for quotation should expressly include audio- visual quotations in its scopetherefore calls on the EU legislator to expressly include audio- visual quotations in the existing quotation exception in order to enable the use of quotations in new media formats; these quotations should be adequate in terms of length in relation to the type of source material;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the European legislator to ensure the technological neutrality and future- compatibility of exceptions and limitations by taking due account of the effects of media convergence; considers, in particular, that the exception for quotation should expressly include audio- visual quotations in its scopetherefore calls on the EU legislator to expressly include audio- visual quotations in the existing quotation exception in order to enable the use of quotations in new media formats; these quotations should be adequate in terms of length in relation to the type of source material;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a broadmandatory exception for research and education purposes, which should cover not only cover educational establishments, but any kind oflso amateur educational orand research activity, including non-formies conducted by non-governmental organisations outside education institutions as well as digital education, for example in the form of so-cal leducation massive open online courses (MOOC), provided that they are not aimed at making a profit;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a broadmandatory exception for research and education purposes, which should cover not only cover educational establishments, but any kind oflso amateur educational orand research activity, including non-formies conducted by non-governmental organisations outside education institutions as well as digital education, for example in the form of so-cal leducation massive open online courses (MOOC), provided that they are not aimed at making a profit;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the adoption of a mandatory exception allowing public and research libraries to lend books to the public in digital formats for personal use, irrespective of the place of access; recommends that authors should be compensated for e-lending through a statutory licence to the same extent as this is the case for the lending of physical books;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the adoption of a mandatory exception allowing public and research libraries to lend books to the public in digital formats for personal use, irrespective of the place of access; recommends that authors should be compensated for e-lending through a statutory licence to the same extent as this is the case for the lending of physical books;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
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 exceptionDeplores the introduction of statutory licenses in some member states aimed at news aggregators for acts already made permissible by an exception and calls on the EU legislator to preclude Member States from unilaterally introducing such schemes, which can cause significant damage to the digital economy;
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
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 exceptionDeplores the introduction of statutory licenses in some member states aimed at news aggregators for acts already made permissible by an exception and calls on the EU legislator to preclude Member States from unilaterally introducing such schemes, which can cause significant damage to the digital economy;