Traduction de «redevances pour copie » (Français → Anglais) :

E. whereas digital private copying has taken on major economic importance as a result of technological progress and the shift to the internet and cloud computing, and whereas the existing system of private copying levies does not take sufficient account of developments in the digital age; whereas there is currently no alternative approach in this area that would ensure appropriate remuneration for the rightholder and at the same time make private copying possible; whereas a discussion nevertheless needs to be conducted with a view to updating the private copying mechanism, making it more efficient and taking greater account of technol ...[+++]ogical progress;

O. whereas media and material prices do not vary according to the different rates of private copying levy applied across the Union, and whereas the abolition of private copying levies in Spain in 2012 has had no impact on media and material prices;

28. Observes that, despite some streaming access to works, downloading, storage and private copying continue; takes the view that a private copying levy system is therefore still relevant in the online environment; stresses, however, that preference should always be given to licensing models benefiting all rightholders if no copies of the copyright work are permitted on media and devices;

9. Considers that the private copying levy should apply to all material and media used for private recording and storage capacity where private copying acts cause harm to creators;

This includes the completion of the Single Euro Payments Area, the Commission's proposal for an optional Common European Sales Law, the implementation of the Consumer Rights Directive, the proposal to establish one-stop-shops for the processing of VAT, the proposals to establish alternative dispute resolution (ADR) entities for the resolution of consumer disputes and the EU-wide online platform for cross-border complaints (ODR) and forthcoming initiatives in the area of collective management of copyright and private copying and reprography levies.

There are three principal sources: (1) equitable remuneration for broadcasting and communication to the public, (2) private copying levies and (3) equitable remuneration for the transfer of the performers' rental right.