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Justiitsministeerium Kultuuriministeerium Meie: 29.11.2018 nr 7-5.13/18-02332-2 Kirja edastamine Edastan peaministrile saabunud Eesti Ajalehtede Liidu pöördumise. Lugupidamisega (allkirjastatud digitaalselt) Heili Tõnisson Valitsuse nõunik Stenbocki maja / Rahukohtu 3 / 15161 Tallinn / Estonia / registrikood 70004809 +372 693 5555 / [email protected] / www.riigikantselei.ee  Peaministri büroo Stenbocki maja Rahukohtu 3 1 5 1 61 Tallinn 2 6 .11 .201 8 Austatud peaminister Jüri Ratas , Eesti Ajalehtede Liit (EALL) rõhutab, et toetus väljaandjate autoriõiguste suurendamisele on vajalik ja seetõttu teeme ettepaneku toetada autorikaitse seaduse eelnõu viisil, nagu see on Euroopa Parlamendist tulnud. EALL nõustub News Media Europe´i seisukohaga, et Euroopa Parlamendi versioon on erinevate huvigruppide vaheline mõistlik kompromiss, mis võtab samas ka arvesse kirjastajate jaoks eluliselt tähtsaid huve - saada litsentsitasu väljaandjatele kuuluva materjali kommertskasutuse eest kõikjal Euroopas. Seetõttu on väga oluline Euroopa ühtse litsentseerimispraktika tekkimine ning tuleks vältida olukorda, kus küll Euroopa regulatsioonile toetudes kehtestab iga liikmesriik siiski oma regulatsiooni iseseisvalt. See muudaks väga raskeks väljaandjate huvide piiriülese kaitsmise Euroopa Liidus. Samuti juhime tähelepanu N ews Media Europe´i poolt Eesti Euroopa Liidu alalise esinduse asejuhi le Clyde Kullile saadetud kirjas (lisatud) sisalduvatele teistele olulistele momentidele, mis on tähtsad nii Eesti kui ka Euroopa väljaandjate huvidest lähtuvalt. Lugupidamisega , Mart Raudsaar Juhatuse liige 2 2 November 2018 Dear Deputy Permanent Representative , We, EMMA (European Magazine Media Association), ENPA (European Newspaper Publishers’ Association), EPC (European Publishers Council) and NME (News Media Europe) – representing the interests of tens of thousands of news brands across the EU, would like to share our comments on the “Note” which was circulated by the Council Presidency to the Permanent Representatives Committee on 16 November 2018, with the intention to seek political guidance on some of the aspects of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market proposal , before the upcoming t rilogue negotiation scheduled for 26 November 2018. Our primary concern regards the Presidency’s suggestions on specific issues and notably on the protection of parts of press publications ( P oint 5 on Article 11 - a neighbouring right for press publishers) . The legal purpose of the introduction of th e neighbouring right is the recognition of the substantial investment of press publisher s in the production of professional content, to provide content with appropriate the legal protection in order to enable press publishers to license the re- use of this content by commercial online services. The core of the argument is therefore to provide press publishers with an enforceable legal instrument. Suggestion (a) put forward by the Presidency coincides with the solution proposed by the European Parliament . We firmly believe that suggestion (a) besides representing a good compromise between the European Commission’s initial proposal and the Council’s text, also provides for an enforceable solution that would redress the existing imbalance in the digital ecosystem. Therefore, we urge you to support the European Parliament’s text on Article 11 by supporting option (a) as regards to the protection of parts of press publications . Unfortunately, the Presidency ’s suggestion (b) still provides for the exclusion of the use of so-called “insubstantial parts” of a press publication from the scope of protection which would have the unwanted effect of rendering the right unenforceable . Any limitation which would leave parts of press publications unprotected – whether they are “very short excerpts” or whether they are not the expression of the intellectual creation of their authors – would empty the right of its substance and deprive it of its purpose . Such an exception would be of service only to those who already abuse copyright today by exploiting professional journalistic content on a massive scale . It would in fact result in the legal entrenchment and thereby the legitimisation of the very predatory commercial activities we wish to license . However, a criterion which requires parts of press publication to be the expression of the intellectual creation of their authors in order to be protected , the so-called “originality threshold” (Option 1 of the Council’s mandate) , would only serve to p erpetuate the current situation. A neighbouring right including an originality threshold would keep p ress publishers dependent on the copyright of the authors of the articles contained in press publications. Algorithms are incapable of determining whether an excerpt is the intellectual creation of its author or not. Furthermore the burden of proof would lie with the publisher. The originality threshold would disregard the fact that , it is essentially the use of small parts which adversely conflict s with the normal exploitation of press publications and threatens press publishers’ assets most. Hence, a neighbouring right affected by the originality threshold would fail to address press publishers’ key concern , which is the massive unauthori s ed use by online services of short ex tract s which are very often not protected under the authors’ right and would serve to provide legitimacy to the mere situations it is attempting to address. The “ creativity threshold ” represents the greatest threat, stripping the right of its essence and opening the door for players which have been taken advantage of the existing imbalance to continue to do so with impunity. The exception for the use of “ very short excerpts” as provided by the Council’s mandate would also lead to substantial legal uncertainty. Without a clear neighbouring right , unaffected by any criteria, which w ould allow for publishers to conclude licenc es and enforce their rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) w ould have determine over the enforceability and applicability of the right only in years to come. As such, while we would strongly encourage Member States to support the P residency ’s suggestion (a) which is in fact t he European Parliament’s text on Article 11 . Further, we would like to again underline that the creativity threshold would render the right null and void. We therefore further encourage Member States to explicitly express their opposition to the inclusion of such a limitation. Presidency suggestion (a) is proportionate and appropriate to protect press publishers against the exploitation of their press publications in the digital environment by online services. Any compromise which would further dilute the Parliament’s position would fail to provide any protection. W e firmly believe that the European Parliament’s text provides for a balanced compromise between the Commission’s initial proposal and the Council’s mandate and as such we strongly encourage you to support suggestion (a) from the Austrian Presidency . We respectfully invite you to consider the se comments in your discussions in the Council’s Working Group tomorrow and remain at your disposal for further discussion. Yours sincerely, Ilias Konteas EMMA Executive Director [email protected] www.magazinemedia.eu Ilias Konteas ENPA Executive Director [email protected] www.enpa.eu Angela Mills Wade EPC Executive Director [email protected] www.epceurope.eu Wout van Wijk NME Executive Director wout.vanwijk@newsmedia europe.eu www.newsmediaeurope.eu EMMA , the European Magazine Media Association, is the unique and complete representation of Europe’s magazine media, which is today enjoyed by millions of consumers on various platforms. EMMA represents 15,000 publishing houses, publishing 50,000 magazine titles across Europe in print and digital. See: www.magazinemedia.eu / ENPA , the European Newspaper Publishers’ Association (ENPA) is the largest representative body of newspaper publishers across Europe. ENPA advocates for 16 national associations across 13 European countries, and is a principal interlocutor to the EU institutions and a key driver of media polic y debates in the European Union . See: www.enpa.eu / EPC , the European Publishers Council is a high level group of Chairmen and CEOs of leading European media corporations actively involved in multimedia markets spanning newspaper, magazine, book, journal, internet and online database publishers, and radio and TV broadcasting. See: http://epceurope.eu/ NME , News Media Europe (NME) represents the progressive news media industry in Europe – over 2200 European titles of newspapers, radio, TV and internet. NME is committed to maintaining and promoting the freedom of the press, to upholding and enhancing the freedom to publish, and to championing the newsbrands which are one of the most vital parts of Europe’s creative industries. See: www.newsmediaeurope.eu/ From: Eesti Ajalehtede Liit <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 9:30 AM To: Riigikantselei <[email protected]>; Tanel Kiik <[email protected]>; Kadri Sild <[email protected]> Subject: kiri Eesti Ajalehtede Liidult peaministrile Tere Saadan Eesti Ajalehtede Liidu juhataja Mart Raudsaare kirja peaminister Jüri Ratasele. Lugupidamisega Maige Prööm Tegevsekretär Eesti Ajalehtede Liit 6461005 kiri_26_11_18.docx 2018.11.21 Letter for DPRs AT Presidency suggestions.docx