B9 9769. Speech: Neelie Kroes: Copyright for the Single Market – good for artists, good for consumers, good for the economy ( CISAC World Copyright Summit, Brussels, 7 June 2011)
“Almost every week, I receive e-mails and letters from frustrated citizens who would like to legal access their favourite music, films or e-Books. It is hard to know what to say to them. Surely creators would like to spread their art across boundaries, and obtain the credit and royalties they deserve – indeed it is difficult to imagine otherwise.
(…) Let me tell you my dream:
- I dream of artists really living from their art;
- I dream of artists embracing the opportunities of the digital era;
- I dream of artists spreading their art around Europe, and the world, if they so wish;
- and I dream of European citizens benefiting from all this.
Some people say that I am for a copyright title, others that I am for compulsory pan-European licensing. Some even say I am against copyright! But the reality is much more pragmatic. I want a European copyright system that enables this dream to be realised: I am utterly neutral as to how we get there. (…) So, what is the Commission doing?
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