Hello… we are Younison
We are providing the basis for the modern author in the exciting digital environment.
Younison is a Platform of Music Artists who demands European legislation to create proper governance and representation while enforcing precise, regular and transparent redistribution of all revenues collected on their behalf by European authors’ societies.
Its mission is to ensure that all artists are accurately represented and rewarded for the actual use of their creative works across the EU.
Younison is a Platform of Music Artists who demands European legislation to create proper governance and representation while enforcing precise, regular and transparent redistribution of all revenues collected on their behalf by European authors’ societies.
Its mission is to ensure that all artists are accurately represented and rewarded for the actual use of their creative works across the EU.
In Europe, Younison is the only credible - and dissenting -voice representing over 6500 artists across Europe.
Younison is working with Featured Artists Coalition (FAC - UK), DJ Monitor (NL), Technopol (FR) and C3S (GER) and has established firm relationships with key decision makers over the last 5 years, including national Ministers, European Commissioners and members of the National and European Parliament.
If you want your voice as author, DJ/producer or performer in the music field to be taken seriously in the political process , join up and give us your opinion.
Younison is working with Featured Artists Coalition (FAC - UK), DJ Monitor (NL), Technopol (FR) and C3S (GER) and has established firm relationships with key decision makers over the last 5 years, including national Ministers, European Commissioners and members of the National and European Parliament.
If you want your voice as author, DJ/producer or performer in the music field to be taken seriously in the political process , join up and give us your opinion.
What do others say?
We are teaming up with Younison to form a European network to ensure the voice of the artist is heard at the highest echelons of EU power. Together we are going to fight for artists’ rights.
Nick Mason, Pink Floyd drummer and Co-Chairman of the Featured Artist Coalition
Younison is the N°1 vehicle for artist, DJ's and performers to express their grassroots knowledge on the situation in the field and voice it up to the highest echelons of the EU policy makers, to ensure the future of creators is secured!
CJ Bolland, N°1 USA charts ranking DJ/producer
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What does Younison Stand for?
Younison and its partners believe these should be the five basic principles of collective management:
Younison wants to see amendments included in the current directive to ensure these five basic principles are adopted by all European collecting societies and this opportunity to modernise is seized.
The European Parliament and Council are currently reviewing the draft Directive on Collective Rights Management. This new European legislation is a unique opportunity to modernise the collective rights management framework.
- The board structure of a collecting society should accurately represent its members.
- A collecting society should be governed by all of its members.
- A collecting society should make timely distribution payments to its members on at least a quarterly basis and include interest payments.
- A collecting society should ensure that all distributions show detailed and identifiable accounting and using new digital technologies to that effect, when such technologies exist.
- Collecting societies should make payments based on more accurate and rigorous monitoring of usage.
Younison wants to see amendments included in the current directive to ensure these five basic principles are adopted by all European collecting societies and this opportunity to modernise is seized.
The European Parliament and Council are currently reviewing the draft Directive on Collective Rights Management. This new European legislation is a unique opportunity to modernise the collective rights management framework.
What we have done so far?
- Media Publication of over 260 articles in the international and national press delivering key Younison messages.
- Meetings with over 80 key Members of the European Parliament (list available on demand)
- Commissioner for Information Society, Neelie Kroes (March, 2011) & follow-up meetings
- Commissioner for Competition, Joaquín Almunia (June, 2011)
- Commissioner for Education and Culture, Androulla Vassiliou (July, 2011)
- Meeting with the lead Head of Unit of the relevant Commission Departments DG MARKT, DG INFSO and DG EAC
- Commissioner for Internal Market, Michel Barnier (October 2011)
- At least two MEPs per political groups willing to support Younison language/amendments (list available on demand)
- Seeking an operational alliance with Consumer groups in support of Younison goals
- Recruitment of over 6000 additional artists (and related groups) in Germany, Italy and Portugal in addition to UK, FR, NL and BE
Join Younison now and trigger the Digital Music Revolution!
Younison is a non profit policy organisation funded by donations.
Younison's mission is to modernise the collective rights management framework and ensure that all artists are accurately and efficiently rewarded for the commercialisation and use of their creative works across the EU. Support our Call for Action.
Younison has an advisory board that contains Kelvin Smits (Director Younison, BE), Francisco Mingorance (political advisor), Crispin Hunt (FAC , UK) Tommy Vaudecrane (Technopol , FR), Yuri Dokter ( Dj Monitor , NL) and Wolfgang Sennes, (C3S , GER).
