Commissioners singing from different song sheets as European funders reiterate their views on Digital Single Market strategy
European Commissioners Ansip and Oettinger appear to be singing from different song sheets on their proposed Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy.
While Digital Economy and Society Commissioner Günther Oettinger was striking conciliatory tones over the European film and TV industries’ concerns about Brussels’ copyright reform plans, his superior, European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip, has not wavered from a harder line, particularly on the issue of geo-blocking.
Speaking in the European Parliament’s plenary at the same time as Oettinger was meeting the EU’s culture and media ministers, Ansip responded to MEPs’ questions about specific aspects of the Dsm strategy by declaring: “When we talk about copyright reform, we do not want to change the release window system, such as six months for movies in cinemas.”
“It is up to the industry to say for how long a period of time...
European Commissioners Ansip and Oettinger appear to be singing from different song sheets on their proposed Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy.
While Digital Economy and Society Commissioner Günther Oettinger was striking conciliatory tones over the European film and TV industries’ concerns about Brussels’ copyright reform plans, his superior, European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip, has not wavered from a harder line, particularly on the issue of geo-blocking.
Speaking in the European Parliament’s plenary at the same time as Oettinger was meeting the EU’s culture and media ministers, Ansip responded to MEPs’ questions about specific aspects of the Dsm strategy by declaring: “When we talk about copyright reform, we do not want to change the release window system, such as six months for movies in cinemas.”
“It is up to the industry to say for how long a period of time...
- 5/26/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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