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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome this rather wonderful report by Ms Geringer de Oedenberg, which we in the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) helped to improve.
The reasons for such praise lie, above all, in the acknowledgement of copyright as the economic foundation for the creative industry, since it stimulates innovation, creation, investment and production. Dissemination of works, following their digitisation, is the main way to protect and enhance Europe’s cultural heritage.
The European Union has an extremely rich cultural heritage, but much of it lies unused in the archives and libraries of our Member States, totally inaccessible to citizens. It is therefore right to make these works as accessible as possible to all. Indeed, the EU’s true wealth is its cultural heritage, which is unequalled around the world but is often neglected and loses not only its cultural value, but its economic value as well.
The compromise reached between protecting copyright and allowing public access is the best way to reverse this trend and breathe fresh life into our cultural heritage, without violating any rights. It is true that perhaps not all the goals have been met, yet the glass is surely half-full rather than half-empty."@en1
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