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Mr President, I should like to begin by thanking Parliament and in particular the rapporteur, Mrs Echerer, for taking the initiative to deal with this important subject.
The resolution submitted to Parliament today is very timely and tackles a key issue in the area of copyright and related rights. Rights management refers to the way in which copyright and related rights are administered – in other words, the way in which they are marketed. Collective rights management is generally handled by collecting societies, which act as trustees and usually enjoy an exclusive position in their respective markets.
Although the Community legislative authority has largely harmonised copyright and related rights and a draft directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights is currently in hand under the codecision procedure, rights management has only been dealt with marginally by the Community legislative authority. The economic contribution made by copyright-based goods and services to the Community's gross domestic product is very significant. As a recent study shows, such goods and services represent more than 5% of total European GDP. Consequently, the internal market cannot be complete unless the management of copyright and related rights is addressed. That is essential for investment, creativity, access to culture, cultural diversity, employment and growth.
On the specific issue of collective rights management, the draft resolution is well balanced and reflects all the issues and different interests involved. I congratulate Mrs Echerer on that. The unanimous support which her proposal received in the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market demonstrates that.
The resolution points out that the protection and collective management of intellectual property rights are important factors in stimulating cultural diversity and creativity, but recognises the important role of collecting societies as an interface between rightholders and users and therefore calls for such societies to be more efficient and more transparent. It takes account of the characteristic features of copyright, notably its territorial nature, and the new environment for management of rights, such as the emergence of digital rights management.
Lastly, the resolution notes that national laws on collective rights management, where they exist, often differ greatly from one Member State to another. The Commission shares the approach followed by this resolution. The issues raised, in so far as they relate to copyright, are also dealt with in the forthcoming Commission communication on the management of copyright and related rights in the internal market. In that communication, the Commission will address all issues relevant to rights management, including collective rights management, and conclude that a legislative instrument of good governance of collective societies is desirable at Community level.
I hope that the Commission will adopt the communication this month, and I am pleased that our two institutions share the same concerns. I assure you that over the next few months the Commission will provide the necessary follow-up to this analysis and to requests in this field."@en1
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