<p dir="ltr">They actually received more than 11.000 responses to their public consultation actually breaking all records for those public consultation. The deadline actually had to be posponed from 5/02 to 5/03.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The office of Amelia put online <a href="http://copywrong.eu">http://copywrong.eu</a> to help people build their answers</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">El 28/04/2014 15:29, "seykron" <<a href="mailto:seykron@partidopirata.com.ar">seykron@partidopirata.com.ar</a>> escribió:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Is there someone from the PPI participating in this Commission? could<br>
be possible to send some recommendations? We could make a document with<br>
recommendations on the draft.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Matías<br>
<br>
On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:38:15 +0200<br>
Francisco George <<a href="mailto:francisco.george@gmail.com">francisco.george@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> From: Eleonora Rosati <<a href="mailto:eleonorarosati@gmail.com">eleonorarosati@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Date: 2014-04-28 13:29 GMT+02:02<br>
> Subject: [The IPKat] BREAKING NEWS: draft impact assessment on review<br>
> of EU copyright made available<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:ipkat_readers@googlegroups.com">ipkat_readers@googlegroups.com</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> <<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hp3p6_GE8xA/U140gJI5DQI/AAAAAAAAEWU/JI2USlrckUs/s1600/photo+(75).JPG" target="_blank">http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hp3p6_GE8xA/U140gJI5DQI/AAAAAAAAEWU/JI2USlrckUs/s1600/photo+(75).JPG</a>><br>
><br>
> *A bit of spice just added to Claire's peaceful morning, courtesy of<br>
> EU Commission * Statewatch <<a href="http://statewatch.org/" target="_blank">http://statewatch.org/</a>> has just made<br>
> available a link to the Commission's draft Impact Assessment (IA) on<br>
> the modernisation of the EU copyright<br>
> *acquis*<<a href="http://statewatch.org/news/2014/apr/eu-com-IA-value-tree.pdf" target="_blank">http://statewatch.org/news/2014/apr/eu-com-IA-value-tree.pdf</a>>.<br>
> Is this the already famous Commission's White Paper that Commissioner<br>
> Barnier referred to in a<br>
> tweet<<a href="https://twitter.com/MBarnierEU/status/430618637121359872" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/MBarnierEU/status/430618637121359872</a>>in<br>
> February last?<br>
><br>
> Although this Kat is not so sure that this document is also 'freely<br>
> available' on the Commission's website in the *Svensson<br>
> *sense<<a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/search?q=%22freely+available" target="_blank">http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/search?q=%22freely+available</a>>,<br>
> it is nonetheless an interesting reading considering the good deal of<br>
> attention *[and responses<br>
> <<a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/04/commission-publishes-responses-to.html" target="_blank">http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/04/commission-publishes-responses-to.html</a>>:<br>
> 11,117 according to Commission's Twitter sources] *that the Public<br>
> Consultation on the Review of EU Copyright<br>
> Rules<<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/docs/consultation-document_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/docs/consultation-document_en.pdf</a>><br>
> *[here<br>
> <<a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-closer-look-at-public-consultation-on.html" target="_blank">http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-closer-look-at-public-consultation-on.html</a>>]*<br>
> has<br>
> attracted.<br>
><br>
> The IA is still a provisional version to be finalised in light of<br>
> responses to the Public Consultation.<br>
><br>
> Among other things, the IA includes an overview of the legislative and<br>
> non-legislative policy options that the Commission has been<br>
> considering. These are:<br>
><br>
> 1. "*Relying on the market to improve the availability of content<br>
> online, on Member States to take full advantage of the policy space<br>
> available under the current legal framework** [= doing nothing]**,<br>
> and on the courts **[read: the Court of Justice of the European<br>
> Union]* *to clarify provisions of the Directives relevant to the<br>
> development of new uses and services.*"<br>
> 2. "*Commission guidance* *[= soft law, eg Commission<br>
> recommendations, MoUs, white, green and other colourful papers]* *to<br>
> Member States as well as to market players, in line with the current<br>
> legal framework, coupled with support for market initiatives **[such<br>
> as Licences for Europe<br>
> <<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/licences-for-europe-dialogue/en/content/about-site" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/licences-for-europe-dialogue/en/content/about-site</a>>?]*<br>
> *and/or<br>
> market monitoring*."<br>
> 3. "*Legislative intervention aimed at achieving a much deeper<br>
> level of harmonisation than is currently the case, clarifying the<br>
> framework for some new uses and services and achieving a more<br>
> systematic cross-border effect* *[=<br>
> re-opening the copyright directives, notably the InfoSoc Directive<br>
> <<a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2001:167:0010:0019:EN:PDF" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2001:167:0010:0019:EN:PDF</a>>]*<br>
> ."<br>
> 4. "*[A] European Copyright Code would be developed. the Code would<br>
> establish a unitary title (covering the whole territory of the EU)<br>
> replacing national ones*."<br>
><br>
> From what this Kat heard at the Fordham IP Conference last week, she<br>
> would bet that the Commission goes for Option 2. But let's wait for<br>
> the final version of the IA ...<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Posted By Eleonora Rosati to The<br>
> IPKat<<a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/04/breaking-news-draft-impact-assessment.html" target="_blank">http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/04/breaking-news-draft-impact-assessment.html</a>>on<br>
> 4/28/2014 12:27:00 pm<br>
><br>
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