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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Mooi, alleen jammer dat het te laat is
om een grote demonstratie te houden voor de deur van deze
vergadering.<br>
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Moeten we op de een of andere manier iets mailbomben?<br>
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Groet,<br>
Frank<br>
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Op 4-12-2012 23:30, Samir ALLIOUI schreef:<br>
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<p style="text-align: right;"><em><em>4:th December 2012,
Brussels</em><br>
The Honorable José Manuel Barroso<br>
President of the European Commission<br>
1049 Brussels, Belgium</em></p>
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Dear President Barroso,</em></p>
<p><em>In light of the need to complete Europe’s digital
single market and as we continue to wait for proposals
to be made by the European Commission, we would like to
call to your attention the urgent need for copyright
reform in the European Union.</em></p>
<p><em>People all over the EU are increasingly concerned
that the copyright system is no longer for them, and
that many aspects of copyright law as it is currently
applied, managed and interpreted by courts in the member
states is not satisfactory or relevant.i This concern is
also shared by many smaller and larger businesses that
sense the loss of Europe’s competitiveness as a result.
In fact, the European Commission’s own services have
concluded that only those stakeholders with a vested
interest in the current–and outdated–copyright mechanism
are happy with the way it emphasizes the interests of
certain industries over those of everyone else. ii</em></p>
<p><em>The European Parliament has called for more
harmonization of copyright on numerous occasions.iii, iv
However, despite that and the Court of Justice of the
European Union having dealt with several big copyright
cases in the last years, harmonization seems far from
being a reality.v Each ruling by the Court creates more
uncertainty for stakeholders in the member states,
particularly those operating in several member states.</em></p>
<p><em>Meanwhile the opportunities that digital technologies
offer, for example to bring creative content and
audiences together in an easier and less expensive way,
are lost. Citizens travelling between member states find
themselves disconnected from services due to the
fragmented and complex licensing schemes. It is
therefore difficult for European citizens to anticipate
their rights and obligations while moving freely within
the EU. Cross-border availability of content is rare,
and those actors that can easily facilitate cross-border
availability also cite licensing difficulties and the
current copyright framework as barriers to access and
innovation.vi</em></p>
<p><em>Several other important stakeholders, such as
librariesvii,viii and organizations dealing with access
to content for disabled persons, are facing problems
servicing an increasingly mobile European population
with digitalized content or content adjusted for special
needs.ix People in Europe are suffering unnecessarily,
not only economically, but also socially and culturally.
While Europe has a wealth of cultural diversity to
offer, the market is dominated by the United States.</em></p>
<p><em>A revision of the directive on the harmonization of
certain aspects of copyright in the information society,
2001/29/EC, is vital for the future of the European
Union’s economic, cultural and social developments.x A
revision of the directive on enforcement of intellectual
property rights, 2004/48/EC, is also needed, to ensure
that a more appropriate balance is struck between the
different interests in the European societies.</em></p>
<p><em>We urge you to take these considerations into account
when you are discussing copyright with the Collegium of
Commissioners on December 5th, and that you will show
leadership and call for an urgent revision of the 2001
and 2004 directives.</em></p>
<p><em>Yours sincerely,</em></p>
<p>Amelia Andersdotter, Malika Benarab-Attou,<br>
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Jiří Maštálka,<br>
Marietje Schaake, Paweł Zalewski</p>
<p>Members of the European Parliament</p>
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