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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this directive is of great importance to growth and competitiveness in Europe, but the directive does not need to be worded in such a way as to make using the Internet more difficult and more expensive. If we impose higher costs on e-commerce and increase the cost of connection, Europe will not be the world’s most competitive economy in ten years’ time, which was, of course, the goal set in Lisbon.
If we in Parliament are to increase people’s confidence in us as European legislators, European legislation must be coherent. The e-commerce directive and this directive must be in line with each other. We must not therefore alter Article 5.1 or recital 33. Copyright must not become a patent right because of the new technology.
Our good will towards copyright holders must not involve our creating regulations which restrict freedom of expression or obstruct the free flow of information. The ceiling above which an outsider’s server may be closed down must be set very high.
If every bit of data that passes through the server every second is to be monitored, we forfeit what basically has made the Internet successful and has increased productivity in countries with high Internet use, namely the fact that
gets to be involved and to share knowledge. I would therefore ask you to support Amendment No 4.
Our copyright legislation must be created around the work and around the artist entitled to remuneration, and not around the technical form. TV channels must decide for themselves how they make their programmes and the music they want to play available. A right to copy on-air broadcasts for storage on electronic systems is required because, otherwise, the giant recording companies will be able to control the radio and television companies’ music output. I would therefore ask you to support Amendments Nos 31 and 32.
Copyright is not absolute. Exceptions are required. I therefore hope that the Chamber will safeguard the exceptions for libraries and for people with disabilities so that we do not undermine democracy by shutting people off from information.
Finally, we have a WIPO position to defend, and we must vote consistently. I am hoping for a positive decision, for then we shall be accepting international responsibility."@en1
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