Activities of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2009/2158(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote
Amendments (18)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in a digital environment it is essential to guarantee and simplify universal access to European cultural heritage and to ensure that it be promoted and preserved for generations to come,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, with reference to the digitisation of European cultural heritage materials, a European policy in the field of culture is essential and shows a strong public commitment by the European Union and its Member States to preserving, respecting and promoting cultural diversity,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas account must be taken of the rapid development of new technologies with, resulting changes in cultural practices, and of existing digitisation projects outside Europe, such as Google Books and the results of the settlement of its caparticularly those in the United States of America,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the fact that all new books are now being produced in a digital format prior to being printed on paper makes it easy, notwithstanding the copyright issue, for them to be made available on Europeana for a derisory sum,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas digital technology also constitutes a remarkable tool for disabled peoplepeople coming up against barriers to their access to culture (disability, financial problems, rural location, cultural minorities, etc.),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas urgent efforts are needed to solve the issue of a "black hole" with regard to 20th and 21st century content, where works of bring to prominence 20th and 21st century works, particularly those over whigch cultural value are languishing unused; whereas any solution must take proper account of the interests of all parties involvedthe author still has rights which should be preserved, and to make contemporary works known to a wider public while taking account of the interests of all parties involved, users, authors, publishers and cultural institutions,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas digitisation of cultural works can constitute a tremendous tool for adult education whereby elite culture and mass commercial culture can be guarded against, taking into account the quality of the works and not just their commercial profitability,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the opening and development of the European Union digital library, museum and archive for high-quality content named Europeana, as a single, direct and multilingual access point and gateway to European cultural heritage;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the potential economic benefits of digitisation, as digitised cultural assets have an important economic impact, especially on culture-related industries, and underpin the knowledge economy, all the while bearing in mind the fact that cultural assets are not standard economic goods and must be protected from excessive commercialisation;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the portal should take into account the needs of people who have problems accessing culture (the disabled, people in financial difficulties, people living in rural areas, cultural minorities, etc.), who should be able to get full access to Europe'’s collective knowledge;, and undertakes therefore to encourages publishers to make more works available in formats accessible to disabled personsunder conditions and in formats allowing such people access to culture;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission and Member States to take all necessary steps to avoid a knowledge gap between Europe and the United States of America and to ensure full access for Europeans to their own cultural heritage in all its diversity, as well as facilitating access thereto for the whole world;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission's decision to renew the mandate of the High Level Expert Group, as it contributes to a shared vision for European digital libraries, and supports practical solutions for key issues affecting online accessibility of cultural materialassets;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages content providers to increase the diversity of the types of content for Europeana, especially audio and video content, paying special attention to those works which deteriorate easily, while respecting intellectual property rights, especially authors and performers' rights;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that Europeana, being an online public library, must make provision for users to freely access recent works in the same way as happens in traditional public libraries, where readers do not pay a specific price for each individual work that interests them;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Endorses the Commission's intention to establish, for all the stakeholders involved, a simple and cost-efficient rights clearance system for the digitisation of published works and their availability on the Internet, working in close cooperation with all the stakeholders involved, including users;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that, in order to meet the high costs of digitisation and time pressures, new methods of financing must be developed, such as public-private partnerships on the basis of well- understood conditions and common guidelines so that these partnerships do not jeopardise the cultural sector’s public interest activities and access to culture for all;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Proposes to organise a campaign entitled "Join Europeana" on funding efforts in order to heighten awareness of the issue and its urgency, and recommends that part of the resources earmarked for Europeana should be devoted to promoting this library among the broadest possible public a library containing as wide-ranging a collection of works as possible on all forms of media (text, audio, video);
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that cultural institutions must continue to play a major role in the futurgovernance, which should be as democratic as possible, of the Europeana project and that local cultural institutions must be goivernance model of Europeanan autonomy in choosing, with due regard for cultural diversity and a Europe open to the world, the works to be digitised and made available to the public;