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What will Younison do for me?

1.You will be able to create and build a unique and private network with people in the Music industry.

2.You can link up with friends and colleagues, as well as their friends, thus creating opportunities to share experience, work or tips for future success

3.As a valued member of the Younison community, you will be asked to participate in polls concerning the future of the music industry; the results of these polls will be used as a basis to change current policies that affect all of us in the industry.

4.Using the Calendar system, you will be able to share your calendar with your friends, making it easier for meeting up for rehearsals, making bookings for your artists, and all sorts of orgaizational hazards . Unique is the fact that you can lay your calendar overyour friends and visually check through common dates.
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What's the goal of Younison

Besides being a great new tool for everyone in the music industry to contact each other, share friends and colleages, comment on professionel experiences and even have the possibiliy to visualy compare each others calendar in order to fine tune meetings in bands and making life easier for artists, managers and bookers, Younison aims at being the first pressure platform .
By collecting visions and votes, we aim to influence policy makers in doing the right thing for our business. We will report on the most urgent subjects that need upgrading, and we will reveil the truth about certain very shocking fact that we have stumbeled upon.
By means of polling your views on certain crucial topics, we will activate a debate on high level thus ensuring political action !
You give us the ammunition by joining and Younison will trigger the Digital Music Revolution!
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What do you mean with the Digital Music Revolution

The Collecting Societies (Sacem, Sagem, Sabam, Biem Stemra...) claim to speak out for the artists and protect their interests, but more often than not, they are biassed. Collecting money is the main goal, not so much distributing it, and certainly not getting it done on the most efficient way. And when it comes to protecting your interests, there often is a huge conflict of interest...
Younison wants to change this drastically and by joining force we intend to become a watchdog for all sorts of problems arising from the corruption surrounding the absolute power of the collectors.
How do we intend doing this?
Besides being a great new tool for everyone in the music industry to contact each other, share friends and colleages, comment on professional experiences and even have the possibiliy to visualy compare each others calendar in order to fine tune meetings in bands and making life easier for artists, managers and organisers, Younison aims at being the first pressure platform .
By bringing you volatile news and collecting visions and votes, we aim to influence policy makers in doing the right thing for our business. We will report on the most urgent subjects that need upgrading.
By means of polling your views on certain crucial topics, we will activate a debate on high level thus urging political change, without the interference of collecting societies speaking in your name.
We do not intend to destroy, we intend to change and help rebuild what has gone wrong so long...
You give us the ammunition by joining and participating, Younison will trigger The Digital Music Revolution!
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What is a levy?

A levy is a sum of money, similar to a tax, which is added to the purchase price of an object or service. The levies that are discussed on this site relate to digital devices and media that can be used for storing or copying digital information.
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What is the levy for?

Various proposals in numerous European countries to extend levies to include digital devices and media (and is discussed in the pages of this site)are meant to compensate copyright holders for authorised copies of content by private individuals. However, it is our belief that this is not a fair way of approaching this problem. .
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Do I have to pay levies?

At the moment, whether you have to pay a levy or not depends on which country you live in. There are plans in many European countries to extend levies to include digital devices and media.
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Which countries impose a levy?

Many countries across Europe already impose a levy on storage and reproduction equipment, as well as blank recording media.
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Who collects the levy?

The levy is collected by Collecting Societies, also called Reproduction Rights Organisations. There are many different Collecting Societies throughout Europe, and often more than one in each country.
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Where does the money go?

The money collected in the form of a levy on digital devices and media is distributed by Collecting Societies to artists and rights holders, to compensate them for copies made of their works. Generally, an artist will only receive compensation if he or she is a member of a Collecting Society. Moreover, a portion of the funds collected are used to pay for the collecting societies' administrative expenses and sometimes to fund general cultural activities. Only what remains is distributed to rights holders . We believe that this is not the fairest way to compensate artists, and that a better way to compensate artists is to protect their work with technologies that can limit or prevent copying in the first place.
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What is a Collecting Society?

A collecting society is an organisation which is responsible for collecting copyright levies (such as on cassette tapes, or publishing rights for music or literature) from companies and by extension individuals, and redistributing these monies back to the original artist or rights holders.
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What is the position of the collecting societies?

Collecting societies offer a service to artists by collecting compensation on their behalf. In the current debate about the levies on digital devices and media, collecting societies are seeking the extension of levies beyond the current status quo. However, it is EICTA's view that this method of compensation does not offer artists the individual right to control their content using technology. There is more information on the Levies are Arbitrary page.
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What is DRM?

DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. DRM is the term used to describe the various technologies which protect digital content from unauthorised copying, and also allow the rights holders to control the distribution of content
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How does DRM work?

Digital Rights Management technology works in a number of ways to control the access and distribution of digital content
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Who uses DRM?

DRM can be used by creators, publishers or distributors who have digital content such as text, music or images, and who want to have control over the use of that content.
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What is a TPM?

TPM stands for Technical Protection Measure. This term describes technologies that allow music, publishing and video companies to secure and protect their content from unauthorised use. TPMs can be used to allow a limited degree of private copying, where such copying can be considered as part of the normal or 'fair' use of the work.
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How can DRMs and TPMs help me as a consumer?

By using Digital Rights Management technology, Technical Protection Measures, or a combination of both, consumers can be safe in the knowledge that they are accessing content with the full permission of the rights holder. Also, because this content originates from an authorised source, it is likely to be of superior quality than content that is copied and distributed illegally.
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How can DRMs and TPMs help me as a rights holder?

As a rights holder, TPM and DRM technology can give you control over who accesses your content, and how it is to be used - even down to how much a user has to pay to access your work. These technologies are a tool that allows rights holders to remain in control of their work, even when it is available around the world to anyone who has access to a computer. By using technology, rights holders no longer need to rely on collecting societies to act on their behalf - you can do it yourself, quickly and simply.
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