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"Mr President, first of all, I would like to heap praise on Mr Boselli for his handling of this topic. It was a tough job and he had to walk on eggshells to do it, but I feel he has managed to strike a better balance with the aid of his compromise amendments. I also think – and perhaps we should really look into this as a Parliament some time – that there has perhaps been more lobbying over this issue than I have ever experienced in my brief career as an MEP. If you consider that over 300 lobbyists have an interest in this report, then that means half a lobbyist to every MEP, and perhaps a few question marks are in order here too.
It would be a good thing if the common position, together with Mr Boselli’s compromise amendments were to be adopted tomorrow. The liberals disagree on quite a few points, but as I understand it, we are at least united behind it, and I think that is indeed a positive sign. In addition, there are a number of issues that Mr Boselli and Mr Medina have already mentioned today. I have yet to see whether the compromise amendment on private copies goes far enough because I still have not read to the end – and as a lawyer, I dealt with intellectual property in my practice over a long period of time. I have yet to discover whether it is now no longer possible for a student to make copies for all his or her fellow students which they are allowed to use in private. I have my doubts about this because I think it will allow illegal copying to continue with a vengeance. So I am in favour of restricting private usage.
I also have my doubts about the technical measures that Member States are at liberty to introduce. I fear that this will have a distorting effect on the internal market and will lead, in the final analysis, to the Court of Justice having to settle the matter again on the basis of the internal market principles.
Caching, now that is something I still have some difficulty with, the way things are going at the moment. I believe this only has to do with the e-commerce directive, so I hope the Commissioner will take another look at the issue.
I would like to close with a comment, and I hope – on behalf of the Liberal Group at any rate – that an even-handed and fair balance will be found in this directive for all market participants and all parties concerned, and I feel that the digital copy should be regarded as an opportunity and not a threat."@en1
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