SAA - Society of Audiovisual Authors

SAA welcomes this public consultation on the future of electronic commerce in the internal market and the implementation of the Directive on electronic commerce. Ten years after the adoption of the Directive, it is in deed of an upmost importance to assess the practical application of the Directive in the Member States and the possible difficulties generated. SAA will therefore pay great attention to the results of the consultation.

However, taking into account that the consultation aims mainly at collecting stakeholders’ views on the implementation of the electronic commerce Directive in their own Member State and the pan-European nature of SAA, SAA contribution will concentrate on general principles related to the implementation of the Directive and leaves it to its members’ societies to address the implementation in their own Member State (see for example contributions from SABAM in Belgium and SACD in France).

SAA contribution is therefore addressing two main issues: issue 2 related to the copyright derogation from the internal market clause and issue 5 on the interpretation of the provision concerning intermediary liability, in order to reaffirm important principles which are still valid and necessary to better develop in the digital era.

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