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"Mr President, I too regret the fact that Mr Vander Taelen will be leaving us. He has always produced fine, high-quality work with a completely democratic approach. He enjoys cooperating and always works within the consensus. I am genuinely sorry that he will be leaving.
I must congratulate the Commission on this attempt to make some changes to the laws on the distribution of European cinematographic works and I welcome some aspects of the communication, to which I shall refer shortly.
Nevertheless, I am deeply concerned that, yet again, we are seeing some fundamental timidity and I believe that this is due to the fact that the viewing platform, in other words, the place from which we are looking at the cinema and the audiovisual image and where we hope to find competitiveness, is not the right one.
For example, I believe that the relationship between culture and industry is not clear-cut. We still see culture as something different, as a world apart, which is subject to subsidiarity, but can we say that digital cinema is only culture? The protection and support measures are still small measures, of limited ambition, despite the fact that many things have been achieved, due in part to Parliament and to Mr Hieronymi: for example, the considerable involvement of the ICB. This is not enough, however. One aspect of this timidity is the way in which the digital world is being dealt with; borders are being dismantled, we are being left without any and projection rooms are being all but eliminated. This is, therefore, a qualitative leap that requires changes in our policies and radical new approaches.
I think that the idea that the solution for the digital world could be to support the development of research and the sixth framework programme is appropriate for dealing with an issue that will develop not in four years but in twenty-seven. Joining the digital world means revolutionising our technological system in most cases, providing Europe with a base that will make it stronger and concerning ourselves as soon as possible with the issue of post-production. I believe that we have not yet done so because there is a fear of establishing a relationship between culture and industry, because if we entered the world of the industry we would have to enter the world of competition and we still believe that culture must have barriers. The problem, however, is that we are too late.
On the other hand, and in light of this call to speak in modern and contemporary terms and with an understanding of the technological revolution that is going to revolutionise the cultural scene, I should also like to say that the daring and the courageousness of calling outright for the conservation of our audiovisual heritage seem most appropriate. I think that this is a very relevant and courageous move and I welcome it. Furthermore, we must produce a database. It makes perfect sense to acknowledge digital copyright and together to address the possibility of producing a law or a measure that we can all agree on. I still believe, however, that the problems between the world of industry and that of the image cannot be resolved through subsidiarity."@en1
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