Brussels, 09/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 9 February, DIGITALEUROPE, the organisation representing the European digital technologies industry, welcomed the roadmap proposed by Julia Reda MEP (Greens/EFA, Germany) in her draft report on copyright reform.
Following on the lines of Reda, DIGITALEUROPE said that copyright should play an important role in the digital single market. Further efforts are, however, needed to tackle the fundamental flaws in the current system, such as copyright levies on hardware devices.
Julia Reda's draft reform puts forward a number of concrete solutions to modernise copyright rules and respond to the requirements of the digital single market. The Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, John Higgins, said “MEP Reda puts the right questions on the table, including questions about the copyright exception”. He added: “We urge MEPs who will debate Ms Reda's report to inject a healthy dose of ambition with regard to copyright levies. In this respect Ms Reda didn't go far enough”. The report will be put to a vote at the EP's Legal Affairs Committee on 16 April. (Isabelle Lamberty)