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The Commission is well aware of the problem of piracy, particularly in its most recent and exacerbated form via the Internet. I fully share the honourable Member's view that this phenomenon is very damaging to the cultural industries and I am determined to do the utmost to get piracy levels as low as possible.
The Commission established a high-level group on digital rights management systems in March 2004, as part of the eEurope 2005 Action Plan. The high-level group's final report, presented on 8 July, reflects a consensus on basic principles and recommendations for future actions in three areas, one of which is the migration to legitimate services. Encouraging consumers to use legitimate online services is fundamental to the creation of a thriving e-content market. The digital rights management systems will play an essential part, enabling new business models and preventing unauthorised use. Recommendations included actively promoting awareness among consumers of legitimate alternative offerings and the need to create consumer confidence.
Regarding the situation outside the EU borders, also addressed by the honourable Member, on 10 November 2004 the Commission adopted a strategy for the enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries. This strategy sets the guidelines for the coming years towards a reduction of the level of intellectual property rights violations taking place beyond the EU borders. Over and above technical cooperation and assistance, enforcement, regulatory implementation and bilateral and multilateral monitoring, the Commission will foster awareness-raising of users and consumers in third countries and support the creation of public-private partnerships for enforcement. There are a number of programmes that also cover intellectual property rights and include awareness and education: for example, ECAP, which is an intellectual property programme for the ASEAN countries; the Cotonou Agreement for the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, and the CARDS programme for the countries of the Balkans."@en1
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