{"id":29,"date":"2015-06-25T19:20:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T19:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/?p=29"},"modified":"2015-06-25T19:20:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T19:20:37","slug":"ttip-negotiations-ceatl-sounds-the-alarm-on-literature-and-publishing-not-being-covered-by-the-so-called-cultural-exception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">TTIP<\/span> negotiations: <span class=\"caps\">CEATL<\/span> sounds the alarm on literature and publishing not being covered by the so-called \u2018cultural exception\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span class=\"caps\">PRESS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">RELEASE<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brus\u00adsels, 2&nbsp;Feb\u00adru\u00adary, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Rep\u00adres\u00adent\u00ading 10,000 lit\u00ader\u00adary trans\u00adlat\u00adors in 29 European coun\u00adtries, <span class=\"caps\">CEATL<\/span> urges the parties respons\u00adible for the ongo\u00ading Transat\u00adlantic Trade and Invest\u00adment Part\u00adner\u00adship (<span class=\"caps\">TTIP<\/span>) nego\u00adti\u00adations between the European Uni\u00adon and the United States of Amer\u00adica to pay atten\u00adtion to the fol\u00adlow\u00ading issues of con\u00adcern to every\u00adone with a&nbsp;stake in European lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adures and the cul\u00adtur\u00adal val\u00adues they con\u00adsti\u00adtute:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Pub\u00adlish\u00ading is not covered by the so-called \u201ccul\u00adtur\u00adal excep\u00adtion\u201d<\/u>and is there\u00adfore part of the man\u00addate of <span class=\"caps\">TTIP<\/span> nego\u00adti\u00adat\u00adors<\/li>\n<li>This poses a&nbsp;threat to Europe\u2019s pub\u00adlish\u00ading and lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adure since <span class=\"caps\">TTIP<\/span> will tol\u00ader\u00adate con\u00adtin\u00adued cul\u00adtur\u00adal pro\u00admo\u00adtion and pro\u00adtec\u00adtion meas\u00adures only if these are non-discriminatory.&nbsp;<u>Pub\u00adlic sub\u00adsidies to the book sec\u00adtor, but also fixed book price and pub\u00adlic lend\u00ading right policies could then be jeop\u00adard\u00adized.<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">CEATL<\/span> there\u00adfore calls for the inclu\u00adsion of the book sec\u00adtor among the cul\u00adtur\u00adal sec\u00adtors exemp\u00adted from the <span class=\"caps\">TTIP<\/span> agree\u00adment. It also urges the Com\u00admis\u00adsion to uphold the leg\u00adal\u00adity of nation\u00adal pro\u00admo\u00adtions and sub\u00adsidies for lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adure in much more unequi\u00advoc\u00adal terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"caps\">PRESS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">RELEASE<\/span> Brus\u00adsels, 2&nbsp;Feb\u00adru\u00adary, 2015 Rep\u00adres\u00adent\u00ading 10,000 lit\u00ader\u00adary trans\u00adlat\u00adors in 29 European coun\u00adtries, <span class=\"caps\">CEATL<\/span> urges the parties respons\u00adible for the ongo\u00ading Transat\u00adlantic Trade and Invest\u00adment Part\u00adner\u00adship (<span class=\"caps\">TTIP<\/span>) nego\u00adti\u00adations between the European Uni\u00adon and the United States of Amer\u00adica to pay atten\u00adtion to the fol\u00adlow\u00ading issues of con\u00adcern to every\u00adone with a&nbsp;stake in European lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adures and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}