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RTL Group is a leader across broadcast, content and digital, with interests in 60 television channels, eight video-on-demand platforms and 30 radio stations.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

7 Jun 2018 · AVMSD, Copyright, ePrivacy

Response to Measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online

30 Mar 2018

RTL Group feedback on Inception Impact Assessment – Measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online RTL Group welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to take legislative action in order to effectively tackle illegal content online. Of the three options given by the European Commission in its Inception Impact Assessment, we support Option 2: Horizontal legislation addressing targeted issues provided that it will address all types of illegal content online including copyright/IP infringements, obliging service providers that host and/or give access to illegal content online to cooperate and be proactive. As rightfully recognised by the European Commission in its Communication on Tackling Illegal Content Online, all sorts of illegal content need to be addressed, and not only content inciting terrorism. A combination of measures including some of those outlined in the Inception Impact Assessment would be the right approach for the European Commission’s legislative action to better detect, identify and remove illegal content online. Such measures should include: Increased effectiveness of notice and action procedures: - Binding notice and action procedures, which should deliver faster take down of illegal content rather than complicating it. - Set timeframes for removing illegal content, especially streaming of live events, to ensure fast removal of illegal content (and immediate removal for live events). In case of appeal procedures, there should be no delays in the removal of illegal or potentially illegal content. - Defined role for trusted flaggers through fast-tracking options for their referrals. - Sanctions in case of non-compliance. - Hosting service providers should act in good faith and adopt measures to prevent the uploading of content previously identified as illegal (“notice-and-stay-down” obligation). - The burden to provide data for right holders should be reasonable and proportionate. We would also like to point out that in a global, multi-platform online world, it is increasingly difficult to rely on a simple “notice-and-takedown” logic. With the growing interdependence of different online services such as social networks, it is much more difficult for right holders to identify which entity to address when reacting against infringement (e.g. a video uploaded by a pirate to a hosting service is shared by someone on a social network via an app/plugin owned by a third company). Furthermore, it is important to note that defining who is a trusted flagger should be based on objective criteria and not on the judgement of online intermediaries. A right holder should be automatically deemed to be a trusted flagger. Proactive actions by platforms: - Proactive cooperation from online intermediaries is needed to combat commercial- scale IPR infringements. - Use of automated tools for the detection and identification of illegal content as well as the re-uploading of illegal content. - Support “follow the money” initiatives with the aim to deprive commercial scale infringers of their revenue flows. Other targeted measures: A “duty of care” for intermediaries at EU level would be a step in the right direction and should extend to all intermediaries. For example, search engines should de-list (or at the very least significantly penalise) the search rankings of websites that are found to be structurally infringing or repeatedly facilitating infringement. Full transparency. It is important that hosting providers communicate detailed information on actions taken and on the notices received, as well as on the time for processing. Confirmations of receipt should be sent to notice providers to avoid that the latter has to check manually whether his/her request has been followed. This can also serve as evidence in judicial or out-of-court proceedings.
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Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

10 Nov 2017 · broadcasting regulation and copyright directive

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

11 Sept 2017 · copyright

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

13 Jul 2017 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

19 Jun 2017 · Better internet for kids

Meeting with Anna Herold (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

22 May 2017 · DSM

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

5 Apr 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

10 Nov 2015 · AVMSD

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe and MFE - MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V

28 Oct 2015 · DSM: copyright and AVMS review

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

11 Jun 2015 · DSM/AVMS/MEDIA

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union and

3 Jun 2015 · New College and Better Regulation

Meeting with Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

29 Apr 2015 · Meeting on Digital Single Market

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

25 Apr 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

10 Apr 2015 · Hungarian advertising tax

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

10 Apr 2015 · Advertising tax