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"Mr President, intellectual property infringements seem like a game, but they are destroying the game. They make it impossible to compete freely and fairly, and they allow the players who cheat most to win, that is, the players who do not respect the rules, do not pay their taxes, and who do not protect the rights of either their workers or their customers.
In this report, we got beyond the term ‘piracy’ once and for all. We feel that the term ‘piracy’ is mistaken, because we do not really see that it has any relation with boarding ships at sea, or with the mythical legends of pirates. The infringers themselves have even sometimes waved this term as a flag to pass themselves off as freedom fighters. However, their battle is in vain because they end up serving the interests of large multinationals that want access to content without having to pay for it. Let us call infringements what they really are: infringements. Let us call a spade a spade.
The Observatory in Alicante, where the Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office is already operating successfully, will make the true figures, which are not so evident to everybody, plain to see. The Observatory will make proposals and, above all, provide information on the situation in the sector and compliance with regulations. The text also includes an additional data protection guarantee.
As the Observatory will act as a meeting point between the public and private sectors, proper representation of all the actors involved will be crucial. That is why I have insisted on including the creative industries, primarily to take account of the employment aspect, as well as an annual evaluation in the management report to assess whether the players involved are represented in a well-balanced way.
The Observatory will undoubtedly play a very important role in the essential monitoring work to ensure respect for intellectual property rights."@en1
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