Traduction de «Copyright Regulations » (Anglais → Français) :

Regulation on the cross-border exchange between the Union and third countries of accessible format copies of certain works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled

22. Stresses that copyright is an important economic basis for creativity, employment and innovation, as well as the guarantor of cultural diversity, and that it is essential to enable Europe’s creative and cultural industries to compete on a global scale; stresses that further efforts are needed in the field of copyright to strike a balance between all key actors, and that any revision of copyright law should ensure adequate protection that fosters investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector, whilst removing legal uncertainties and inconsistencies that adversely affect the functioning of the Digital Single Market (DSM); ...[+++]urges the Commission to review, where necessary, the regulatory framework for copyright in order to achieve a better access to creative content for European citizens, and to stimulate European researchers, educational establishments, cultural heritage institutions and the creative sector to adapt their activities to the digital world; underlines that appropriate remuneration must be paid by those who profit from the exploitation of copyright-protected works, and that any solutions in this regard should not discourage the use of legal providers; recalls that digital technologies have redefined the value chain in the cultural sector, mostly to the benefit of intermediaries and often to the detriment of creators; asks the Commission to investigate the extent and impact of such changes and to propose measures to improve the remuneration of authors and artists at European level; stresses that any revised provisions should be future-proof and technologically neutral, evidence based and carefully assessed in line with the Commission’s objective of better regulation, while taking into account the differences between the digital and analogical environments;

A major barrier to the further development of Europeana is the existence of different copyright regulations in different Member States.

− (PL) I voted in favour of the report by Mrs Geringer de Oedenberg on the legal protection of computer programs, as I feel that, since they play such a massive role in the functioning of modern society, they should be guaranteed appropriate legal protection that is recognised as complying with copyright regulations, like literary and artistic works in the sense of the Berne Convention.

Parliament’s amendments would mainly improve opportunities for the media enterprises that are well established in the market to move their old, in excess of 80% market share to a new environment with rigid, excessive copyright regulations.

Royalties are principally collected by copyright societies, though there are no uniform legal provisions in the Member States to regulate their activities.