Det här skrev jag tillsammans med fem kollegor till kommissionens ordförande José Manuel Barroso inför kommissionskollegiets möte imorgon, 5 december. Kommissionens kollegium kommer då att besluta huruvida de går framåt med en upphovsrättsreform, så som Neelie Kroes och Viviane Reding vill, eller om de kommer stå still och stampa, som Michel Barnier föreslår.
Heja oss!
4:th December 2012, Brussels
The Honorable José Manuel Barroso
President of the European Commission
1049 Brussels, Belgium
Dear President Barroso,
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.
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Commission's own services have concluded that only those stakeholders with a vested interest in the current–and outdated–copyright mechanism are happy with the way it emphasizes the interests of certain industries over those of everyone else.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
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.
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