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Platform of European Social NGOs

45. Emphasises the fact that, in addition to its role as a platform for social communication, the internet’s role as a platform by which all citizens can launch a service or innovative product targeted at any other citizen, as well as help raise the necessary funding, is a core principle of the Digital Single Market, and calls for remaining barriers to cross-border trading to be removed as far as possible; notes how important the digital economy is when it comes to creating jobs and SMEs, especially in sectors in which Europe is traditionally strong, such the creative industries, cultural heritage and tourism; considers that completion ...[+++] of the digital single market will favour the support and development of SMEs; considers it necessary to ensure that the necessary qualified ICT staff is available and that the European public possesses the digital skills necessary to make use of ICT technology; stresses that personal integrity and protection of commercial data should always be guaranteed;

10. Notes that the changes in the media world and in communication technologies have redefined the arena of information exchange; notes that the new technologies have created new possibilities for freedom of speech and individual expression, which can play a crucial role in promoting human rights, democratic participation, accountability, transparency and economic development; notes that unrestricted, individual expression can also be misused to violate human rights and fundamental freedoms; emphasises therefore the importance of ethical codes and of measures to combat incitement to hatred, violence or terrorism; states, however, tha ...[+++]t the mere existence of these new communication platforms does not ensure freedom of speech and plurality of the media per se and that it does not reduce governments’ responsibilities in this respect; emphasises that digital terrestrial transmission platforms contribute to the diversity of opinion as they are particularly capable of directly distributing diverse, local and regional information at low consumer prices;

Today, with little additional compensation, they demand the rights for that same conventional station; all of their other owned and controlled broadcast platforms, such as pay or specialty; unlimited plays on all their platforms; Internet rights; all rights for all media; merchandising rights; and very often rights for foreign territories.

There are a number of things we would like the government to look at committing to in the coming years: recognizing interactive media as distinct and yet part of a greater whole, which I think is very crucial; fostering the creation of new tools for financing; significantly enhancing the experimental stream of the Canada Media Fund on a year-over-year basis; providing incentives to more private sector capital investment in domestic interactive media industry; examining the introduction of a federal interactive digital media tax cr ...[+++]edit, along the lines of the film and television tax credit; supporting an ongoing effort to grow the quality and scope of research into interactive media and its impacts; supporting international marketing efforts in the development of a Canadian brand, since it's very crucial that our companies are able to get out to international markets; and supporting programs that incent the collaboration among all cultural industries and cross-platform with the interactive media industry.