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"Madam President, I would like to thank many of you, particularly Marielle Gallo, who spoke on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs of which she is a Member, for asking me about this aspect of the future legislative proposal on collective rights management. What is at stake? Using collective management to strengthen the single market in the age of the Internet, supporting this copyright — as I said more generally earlier with regard to intellectual property — in this day and age, Ms Gallo, which, as you know, is the age of the Internet and the age of Europe.
From there, we are working in this objective by broadening the scope of our future proposal. All of the interested parties have been consulted. This consultation phase ended today. I led this consultation conscientiously — I will say it again — without improvising and by listening to everyone. That is why I will be presenting this proposal for a directive on behalf of the Commission — you asked me to set a deadline — next spring.
Since I have the opportunity to do so, I will tell you a little about this proposal. I asked my services to work on two aspects.
The first aspect concerns horizontal rules for transparency and governance. It concerns harmonised rules for transparency and governance which will be applicable, if you wish, to all collective management societies in Europe. These rules should create fair conditions for all societies and improve their functioning to the benefit of all right-holders, including those from other Member States.
Indeed, we cannot neglect the fact that each collective management society manages rights on its territory (for example, rights linked to broadcasting) not only for its own members but also for members of foreign management societies. That is the first horizontal aspect of this next future proposal.
The second aspect relates to specific rules for online music. It is related to societies which manage copyrights for online music. While ensuring a high level of transparency and a better quality of services for authors and users, we want to propose a clear legal framework, honourable Members, to facilitate the granting of multi-territorial licences for online music by management societies. These licences should also promote the pooling of repertoires in order to reduce the number of licences needed.
In this approach, the Commission will take into account, wherever possible, the position expressed by the European Parliament in several resolutions and working papers.
I wanted to tell you that I am working personally with all of my teams on this matter. We will be ready in the next few months and the time which has passed, which may seem long to you, has been time well spent in order to present a good, solid, balanced text to you.
I am convinced that our proposal will go towards speeding up the creation of this digital single market. Collective management societies will benefit from a much clearer legislative framework, which will harmonise and define the basic principles of their functioning. In the online music sector, authors will benefit from the advantages of a larger market for their work. Finally, citizens — and particularly young people — will benefit from a greater range of innovative services.
That is the direction we are working towards on these two aspects and that is the deadline by which I believe we will be ready to present this text to you — subject to the approval of the European Commission and the College — in the next few weeks.
Collective management of copyright is a complex issue. It affects the management of both online and offline rights, not only with regard to authors but also with regard to performers, actors, producers, publishers and even broadcasters.
We immediately think of large management societies, such as those in charge of actual copyrights but, honourable Members, we must not forget the societies which receive payment for reproduction or resale rights.
If we focus solely on the collective management of actual copyrights, what we are dealing with is a sector which, as Ms Gallo reminded us, represents a value of EUR 7.5 billion worldwide and EUR 4.6 billion in Europe alone for almost 100 management societies.
Collective management of copyrights is complex because these management societies — around 100 in Europe — while maintaining strong roots in the various Member States and participating actively in cultural diversity in each of our Member States, must also adapt, as I mentioned just a moment ago, to the Internet and to a rapidly developing demand for multi-territorial licensing. This collective management must serve right-holders and users alike. However, it is now time for this collective management to do more for the single market as well.
Turning to collective management is, first and foremost, a voluntary step, and it is also the choice that authors make most often. It allows them to obtain licences for the greatest possible number of users and for the broadest possible coverage of rights. It must protect the interests of right-holders and ensure remuneration, not only, as you said Ms Gallo, for the most well-known, the stars, but also for those who are less well-known and who have the right to the same level of protection.
These are balances which are indeed difficult to find and the issue of collective management has divided opinion among many interested parties. The opinions and positions are often very different. Similarly, the market is developing very quickly. The needs of yesterday are no longer the needs of today.
Honourable Members, having mentioned this complexity and these different approaches which partly explain, Ms Gallo, the amount of time I am taking to work seriously and conscientiously on this proposal, I would like to say a few words on this future proposal for a directive.
In its communication of 20 May 2011, which you mentioned, the Commission announced its intention not only to cover copyright management linked to online music but also to establish a foundation of common rules for all collective management societies, no matter their field. This decision was well received, particularly in the Member States."@en1
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