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Summary: To get the transatlantic relationship back and on track and to ensure that it will remain relevant in the future, the United States and the European Union should prioritize putting forward concrete ideas and taking actionable steps on climate and energy, democracy and human rights, and digital technology issues.
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While the election of Joe Biden to the U.S. presidency presents an opening to restore the transatlantic relationship after Donald Trump, the real question facing U.S. and European officials is whether they can successfully manage to advance a new transatlantic agenda for the coming decade. Three pivotal areas where cooperation has fallen short in recent years but where there is now significant potential to do more are climate and energy, democracy and human rights, and digital technology issues. Representing th
facilitate the licensing of rights in audiovisual works
to video-on-demand services
4. This is in
response to the lack of EU audio-visual works available on
video-on-demand (
VoD) platforms, despite the
growing popularity of on-demand services (such as Netflix and
Amazon Video). This is partly attributed to the fact that
agreements for online exploitation of such works can be difficult
to conclude due to certain territorial rightsholders not having
sufficient economic incentive to exploit a work online.
Consequently, Article 13 of the DSM Directive requires Member
States to put in place a mediator or neutral body to assist parties
to negotiate and reach contractual agreements related to the
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Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager (L), and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton (R) attend a press conference on the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, Brussels, Belgium, 15 December 2020, OLIVIER MATTHYS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The DSA places new transparency and due diligence obligations on very large online platforms. The DMA imposes dos and don’ts on gatekeepers that provide ‘core platform services’. Both Acts have the potential to be a blueprint for regulation and competition across online platforms.
This statement was originally published on article19.org on 15 December 2020.
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Awaited with bated breath by stakeholders in the online industry and by IP right holders alike, the EU Commission published its official draft for the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA is conceived as one of the central pillars for its ambition to shape Europe’s digital future. Its published draft aims high, both in the scope of topics it covers, and the depth in which it addresses them. The DSA provides a staggered set of obligations and liability rules for all intermediaries (such as internet access providers, domain name registrars, search engines), for hosting services (such as cloud services and webhosting), for online platforms (such as social media platforms, app stores and online marketplaces), and for very large online platforms (those reaching more than 45 million EU users each month). In this article, we will walk you through the proposed changes and what they mean for platforms in particular.