[Advocacy Advisors] InfoSoc Own-Initiative Report Vote Today

[Marcin Cieslak]

On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov wrote:

> @Marcin, in this case, anything that flies with the media and helps us
> change the text would work. The report that was adopted already calls for
> minimum standards for exceptions. We're not getting more, but we might get
> less.

I agree. Let's not only forget that so called media are the party
to this discussion and not necessarily a friendly one. But I agree
we need to wor with them.

> I think we should work on a very neutral, non-scary text as an amendment
> for the plenary. Perhaps something along the lines of:
> 
> 16. Invites the EU legislator to recognise that the use of photographs,
> video footage or other images of works which are permanently located in
> public places is permitted.
> 
> Otherwise, working on the original Cavada text, we could go for:
> 
> 16. Considers that the *commercial* use of photographs, video footage or
> other images of works which are permanently located in physical public
> places should *always* be *permitted* *subject to prior authorisation from
> the authors or any proxy acting for them*.

How do you understand "should always be permitted"? - that kind of

~Marcin