EU policy/Position mapping

This page is inteded to be the gathering point for information about the positions of EU policy related actors in regard to the copyright reform process of 2013.

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Copyright Reform

Parties

Greens

The Greens co-sponsored Christian Engström’s book (see Pirate Party)

In a nutshell:

• legalise noncommercial use as long as attributed (e.g. cc-by-nc)
• no escalation of current copyright
• weaken entertainment oligopolies and reform collection and redistribution systems
• restrain DRM
• copyright automatic for 5 years, then can be renewed for another 15

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Pirate Party

In a nutshell:

• no changes to the moral rights
• free noncommercial use
• five years of commercial exclusivity
• free sampling — codified ”fair use”
• ban DRM

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S&D

Copyright & the Internet: S&Ds want consumers and creative sector on the same side.

In a nutshell:

• balance between consumers and creatives (very fuzzy)
• criticize lack of common internal market

Alde

see Schaake

EPP

see Gallo

People

Neelie Kroes

In a nutshell:

• no extra “punishments”
• authors/creators income too low (partly because of current copyright)
• new business models required
• no nationally limited licensing
• copyright must fit society and not vice-versa

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Marielle Gallo

In a nutshell:

• no new exceptions
• less market fragmentation/digital single market
• more transparency in collecting societies
• easier licensing

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Marietje Schaake

In a nutshell:

• harmonised European system indispensable
• easier access to culture and knowledge
• generally supports the Commission for now

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Evelyn Regner

In a nutshell:

• was against ACTA
• is for net neutrality
• copyright stance: stronger rights for creators vis-à-vis collecting societies

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Pressure Groups and NGOs

La Quadrature Du Net

In a nutshell:

• net/technology neutrality
• legalise noncommercial use
• abandon DRM
• new collection and distribution systems
• new business models to distribute copyright material legally online
• shorter copyright

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Industry Actors

RTL Group

In a nutshell:

• copyright is creativity
• rights holders need to be suitably rewarded
• broadcasters provide lion's share of artists income

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Data Protection Reform

Governments

UK

UK government position on the data protection reform proposals

Ireland

Irish presidency press release

In a nutshell:

• The Irish presidency would like to bring the process forward.
• Data protection is seen mainly as an instrument to foster economic growth.

Industry Actors

La Quadrature du Net has started a Wiki page trying to gather and summarise the positions published by the industry lobbyist on data protection. To avoid doulbe work and pointless repetitive copy-and-pasting we should work on their page when it comes to this seciton: LQDN Wiki - Lobbies on dataprotection