(19) With a view to maximising the added value of the Common European Sales Law its material scope should also include certain services provided by the seller that are directly and closely related to specific goods or digital content supplied on the basis of the Common European Sales Law, and in practice often combined in the same or a linked contract at the same time, most notably repair, maintenance or installation of the goods or the digital content or temporary storage of digital content in the provider's cloud .

14. Emphasises that the power to block websites, which is a last-resort tool for dealing with illegal activities online but whose effectiveness in changing consumer behaviour is questionable, can also violate freedom of expression and therefore cannot act as a panacea; calls on the Commission to draw up proposals for the improved coordination of initiatives and organisations, the aim being to eliminate illegal content at its source; emphasises that all measures that restrict access to internet sites containing or distributing illegal content must be defined in a transparent process and must offer sufficient legal provisions, such as due process, to ensure that restrictions are proportionate and do not exceed the bounds of necessity and th ...[+++]at users are informed of the reason for the restriction; stresses that such security provisions should also include the possibility of legal appeal; recognises, meanwhile, the need to find new, easily accessible and legal ways of accessing digital content while respecting cultural diversity;

Europe needs to push rapidly ahead with the creation, production and distribution of digital content.

45. Stresses that a European digital agenda needs to promote the production and dissemination of high-quality and culturally diverse content in the EU in order to incentivise all EU citizens to adopt digital technologies such as the Internet, and to maximise the cultural and social benefits EU citizens can derive from those technologies; recommends that an EU-level information campaign be initiated in order to achieve a higher level of awareness, notably by the development and dissemination of digital cultural content; calls on the Commission to consider, within its legislative work programme, the possibility of allowing Member States ...[+++]to apply a reduced VAT rate to the distribution of online cultural goods;

The availability and take-up of high-speed "broadband" connections is making it easier for consumers not only to access a wider range of creative digital content than would have been imaginable ten years ago, but also to create content themselves.

27. Highlights the importance of copyright exceptions that allow enhanced accessibility to digital content for people with disabilities; recognises that the inability to purchase content in an appropriate format for users with disabilities also creates a barrier to trade for businesses; further recognises that the inability to purchase content in an appropriate format that can support users with disabilities reduces the cultural output and content offer available across the Member States; stresses, therefore, that any legislative change in this area should ensure ac ...[+++]cessibility for people with disabilities to works and services that are protected by copyright and related rights and should adapt to the digital environment.