Hi Dimi,
Thanks for sharing this. Looks to me like there aren't any surprises in
there. I'd also be interested to know what others think in terms of
responding.
See you all soon,
Stevie
On 24 July 2014 09:08, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everybody,
The Commission (DG MARKT) published their report on the "Public
Consultation on the Review of the EU Copyright Rules" yesterday [1][2].
I haven't had time to read through the 100 pages in detail, but since the
major struggle is whether the Commission should legislate on more
harmonisation or not and having a universal FoP exception would be an act
of harmonisation, I mined the document for just that.
Pro harmonisation:
- *Institutional users* generally consider that territoriality of
copyright creates problems in particular in the area of exceptions, where a
higher level of harmonisation is needed.
- *Many respondents* consider that *market-led solutions have not
proven to be effective* and that harmonisation measures
- [on collective management] *Many respondents* also point out that
there are already national systems of identifiers, and that some degree of
harmonisation, standardisation and interoperability could be desirable
here.
- *Institutional users* generally support copyright harmonisation
which implies making exceptions mandatory and harmonising their scope to a
greater extent.
- *A minority of authors and performers* would seek a harmonisation or
clarification of the existing exceptions
- [*Intermediaries/service providers*] Many respondents from this
group argue for more harmonisation and legal certainty in the area of
exceptions.
- Representatives of *academia, civil society or think-tanks*
generally consider that the optional nature of the exceptions is
problematic and that exceptions should be further harmonised.
Contra harmonisation:
- *Film producers* generally consider that the current EU copyright
rules should not be changed
- [*Authors/performers*] Most respondents in these stakeholder groups
are against any further harmonisation, which they consider would risk a
weakening of copyright protection in Europe at the expense of creators.
- *Collective Management Organisations* consider that the
territoriality of exceptions does not constitute a problem for right
holders, businesses or consumers
- Educational *publishers* and representatives of the *software
industry* warn that a further harmonisation [...] could undermine the
role of licences
Neutral or split on harmonisation:
- *Academics* (depending on the specific question this groups seems
divided)
- *Member States* (some want more harmonisation, others want to keep
options)
Reminder:
The White Paper (as an answer to which were/are preparing a position
paper) was supposed to be published alongside this document, but was
postponed due to negative opinions by other units of the Commission (namely
DG CONNECT and DG RESEARCH).
The question now is whether we should react to the consultation answers in
some way or wait for the actual white paper or do something in-between
(e.g. publish a position paper before the white paper is published)? Any
thoughts?
Cheers,
Dimi
[1]
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/inde…
[2]
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/docs…
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