Expomusic

Expomusic frequently asked questions

In general

Who are we looking for?

Musicians who make their living working but are talented in the field of music. Musicians more introduced in the musical field who want better visibility. For Industry profiles all those professional figures with specific needs.

Why is the platform entirely in English?

The platform will be translated into other languages. Parts of the site in English can easily be translated with your browser. Musicians and Industry users can use the language of their choice.

Ownership of copyright remains with users. Copyright owners grant Expomusic a non-exclusive license to use these copyrights. Further information on Copyright can be found in the Terms of Use in chapter 6.

What is the Audience profile?

These are the profiles of internet users who have created an account and can view and follow the Musicians and Industry profiles.

Personal Profile Industry and Musicians

We recommend that you use your personal profile only for compiling and editing your information. Create an Audience account to make the most of the platform's features.

Which links and social networks are allowed?

Social: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn
Personal link: official website
External links: links to music sales or promotion platforms.

What size of photo can I upload?

To avoid clogging the system, you can upload images with a maximum weight of 5Mb.

Deleting your account

By deleting your account all the data in your profile and those entered during registration will be permanently deleted. You cannot recover your profile

Audience Profile

What can I do with my Audience profile?

You can do a lot. The platform is designed to receive in your user profile all the news of all members. On your page you have 5 different sections, some of which are self-filled, others are notifications of the profiles followed. You can search for concerts and add them to the events that you follow. You have multiple ways to browse the Musicians and Industry profiles.

Industry Profile

How do I sell the music I produce?

You can use the link to your official website and proceed with the sale. You can enter all sales information in the Info section of the Info&News page. You can use the Info&News section to inform the public about your music purchases when you insert New Single/Album with an associated link. You can use links that directly lead to other websites promoting or selling music.

How does Streaming work?

You can link your Youtube account during a live streaming. To do so, inside your Profile page, go to the Video section, add a new video and paste the Youtube link of your streaming. The Audience will find your streaming performance in the video section of your profile.

How does the Info&News section work?

The Info&News section consists of a description and 5 types of information that you can fill out continuously. This information is automatically displayed on the Expo page and in the Audience profile of the users. In the Info&News section you can promote your Swiss and international musicians, Expomusic musicians and much more.

- News: You can inform the public about information of any kind. You can insert a link.
- New Single/Album: You can inform the public about the release of a new single or album. You can insert a link.
- Review: You can enter all the information regarding the interviews and reviews. You can add a link.
- Guest: You can enter all the information regarding your participation in events, radio, etc.. You can insert a link
- Contests: You can inform the public about Contests in which your musicians from Switzerland or abroad participate. You can insert a link.

How does the Add Artist section work?

With Add Artist you can link your profile to a Musicians profile, an artist who has an Expomusic profile, or you can promote the music of other artists resident in Switzerland or international artists who are not members of Expomusic.

How does the Add Album section work?

With Add Album you can link only albums by Expomusic registered musicians to your profile. To promote an artist's album that is not registered with Expomusic use the Info&News section.

How does Add Video work?

You can share videos about your artists' music performances, interviews or real-life moments. You can share as many videos as you think are necessary for your promotion. We recommend that you share secure promotional material. Youtube links only

What audio file format can I upload?

Mp3 files of any quality. We recommend using the highest quality for this audio format of 320Kbps.

Music genre

During recording you can select up to 5 music genres. If you need to specify your music genres you can do so in your description in the Info&News section.

Musicians Profile

How does Streaming work?

How does the Info&News section work?

The Info&News section consists of a description and 5 types of information that you can continuously fill in. This information is automatically displayed on the Expo page and in the Audience profile of the users. In the Info&News section you can promote any news.

- News: you can inform the public about any kind of information. You can insert a link.
- New Single/Album: You can inform the public about the release of a new single or album. You can insert a link.
- Review: You can insert all the information regarding the interviews and reviews. You can add a link.
- Guest: You can enter all the information regarding your participation in events, radio, etc.. You can insert a link
- Contests: You can inform the public about the Contests you participate in. You can insert a link.

How does the Add Single section work?

Fill in the fields and select "Promotion Song" if you want this track to be present in the list of Music page. Through this track you get to your personal profile. With the "Select Album" function you can insert the newly created track into an existing album.

How does the Add Album section work?

Fill in the fields and create an empty album, then you can insert the tracks with Add Single or Modify Tracks.
With the Modify Tracks function you can select the main track of your album with "Promotion Song" and make your album visible directly on the Music page.

How does the Concert section work?

The concerts section allows you to create an event and make it visible in your profile.
Audience users have the possibility to search for all concerts.

How does Add Video work?

You can share videos about your artists' music performances, interviews or real-life moments.
You can share as many videos as you think are necessary for your promotion. We recommend that you share secure promotional material. Youtube links only

Music genre

During recording you can select a primary music genre from the list of music genres. If you need to specify your music genres you can do so in your description in the Info&News section.

Area of Application

The Terms of Use set out in this document govern the legal aspects of the services offered by the association Expomusic through the platform expomusic.swiss directly or indirectly, with free access or by paying for a subscription or transaction. A printed or electronic version of these Terms of Use will be admissible in court or administrative proceedings based on or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent and under the same conditions as other contractual documents, and similar, originally generated and maintained in printed form. Users of all categories present in the expomusic.swiss platform, namely musicians, industry, audience, and other future categories that will be related to the activities of the expomusic.swiss platform and the association Expomusic, declare to accept that any dispute, caused by actions arising out of or in connection with the services and content of the expomusic.swiss platform must begin within one (1) year from the case of dispute raised; otherwise, such judicial proceedings, or any other, is definitively prohibited and rejected by the association Expomusic. These Terms of Use are governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Any dispute arising out of or relating to the subject matter of this agreement shall be resolved by the "Court of Lugano", Ticino, using the Italian language in accordance with the provisions of the Swiss Code of Civil and Procedural Law. The use of the services and activities of the expomusic.swiss platform is authorized to all users who register an account, more precisely, musicians, industry, audience and other future categories, who declare to accept and recognize the validity of the dispositions of the entire document of the Conditions of Use of the expomusic.swiss platform. These conditions also apply to unregistered users who visit and use the functions of the expomusic.swiss platform.

Through the document of the Terms of Use, the association Expomusic wants to protect users, all, and itself from unpleasant inconveniences. The association Expomusic does not act for profit despite having a business model to support the activities of the association. The commitment of the Expomusic team is to allow musicians, professionals and business users to achieve promotional and economic results in particular in Switzerland but also internationally.

1. In general

The platform expomusic.swiss is managed by the association Expomusic with headquarters in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.
The expomusic.swiss platform is managed by the Expomusic association and is non-profit-making; the fee-based activities offered by the platform are necessary for the maintenance and operation of the expomusic.swiss platform and platform-related activities.
Objectives: The expomusic.swiss platform was created primarily for the domestic music market, which is open to the foreign market. The rules of the platform are designed to bring out and highlight the native music scene of artists who already have professionally recorded and published sound material, or material produced professionally but free from record contracts. The activities of the platform allow artists to have a space of facilitated visibility for the domestic and foreign markets. The association Expomusic promotes and supports music published and unpublished by musicians resident in Switzerland or of Swiss nationality living abroad.
Users of all registered categories do not transfer any intellectual property, copyrights, copyright, to the association Expomusic. The Expomusic association requires authorization to use the copyright to perform its service, see chapter 6.
There are three (3) membership categories on the expomusic.swiss platform:
Musicians: groups together artists resident in Switzerland, or artists of Swiss nationality resident abroad.
Industry: groups together the professional category of record labels, recording studios and composers, including lyricists, arrangers and shift workers; professionals in this category are resident in Switzerland; physical persons may be Swiss nationals living abroad.
Audience: groups non-commercial, public internet users who register an account with the expomusic.swiss platform.
Users registered in the categories Musicians and Industry declare and guarantee that all copyrighted material of Swiss or foreign origin uploaded to the expomusic.swiss platform, visible to the public Internet on the various pages of the site, is their property, or have a written permission from the owners of the copyrighted material, for licenses and property rights of third persons, natural or legal persons, and more specifically, without limitation to the following list, of the rights relating to: musical productions and/or their derivatives, texts, video productions, audio productions, physical recordings, digital recordings, sound recordings, audio, video synchronized with audio recordings, collectively, music videos, audio-visual derivatives, including images, information, biographies, composers, scriptwriters, choreographers, sound engineers, dancers, vocalists, registered names, trademarks, including all licenses / authorizations not mentioned in this list that collectively make up the promotional material - hereinafter referred to in these Terms of Use as «protected promotional material» uploaded by users of these categories on the expomusic.swiss platform.
The material produced by the association Expomusic is hereinafter referred in these Terms of Use as «Expomusic promotional material».
The «protected promotional material» uploaded to the expomusic.swiss platform by all users with a registered account, is accessible to the public of the Internet and managed through these Terms of Use.
No political, religious or ideological information, whether visual, textual or otherwise, may be disclosed on the expomusic.swiss platform. Expomusic may at any time and without prior notice remove information that it considers ambiguous or close to personal opinions on topics of public domain.

2. Modification of the Terms of Use

Expomusic reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any rule in these Terms of Use, or to modify, suspend or discontinue permanently the services offered, free of charge and against payment, including, without limitation, the availability of any feature, database or content at any time, without the obligation to inform registered users of all categories, but may publish a notice on the site or send an email. Users with paid accounts or paid services have no right to compensation for the termination of the expomusic.swiss platform or for damages caused by the termination of the service. The association Expomusic may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict access to parts or the entire service with notice but without responsibility. Registered users have the obligation and responsibility to periodically read this document of the Terms of Use. Continued use of the services, after publication of any changes to these Terms of Use, implies acceptance of such changes. No new changes to these Terms of Use are taken into account for any dispute that arises prior to the date of such changes or modifications between you and the association Expomusic.

Users are aware that the document of the Terms of Use is for all purposes and under the law a "contract or contract of use" between users registered on the platform expomusic.swiss and the association Expomusic. This agreement sets out the legally binding terms and conditions for the use of the website www.expomusic.swiss and the service owned and managed by the association Expomusic, including any mobile software applications offered or published by third parties. By using the expomusic.swiss platform and its services in any way, including but not limited to visiting or browsing the website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use apply to all users of the expomusic.swiss platform and/or services, including users who enter "protected promotional material", and visiting users without a registered account.

3. Musicians – Rules for registration and use of the profile

Musicians or performers resident in Switzerland or of Swiss nationality living abroad - at least one (1) representative of the group - who produce and/or promote music and have "protected promotional material" at their disposal may register, see chapter 6 of these Terms of Use.
The expomusic.swiss platform contains all necessary information from registered musicians, including third-party links, which are important for musicians to promote their music and their image. All information entered can be modified and removed by the musicians at will.
3. It is allowed to include in the user profile direct links to other platforms specifically intended for music promotion, whether of Swiss or foreign origin such as Spotify or similar.
You must have "protected promotional material" of sound tracks, sound productions, intended as individual compositions or grouped into one (1) album of the format Mp3.
On the musician profile page, you are required to choose a, (1), main track. The track selected for the playlist can be edited at will.
Links to third parties allowed are: group/musician website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook. Links to Swiss or foreign websites specifically for the promotion and sale of music productions are not permitted.
Musicians members represent and warrant that they produce and/or promote "protected promotional materials" and have the right or permission to publicly disclose such information.

4. Industry – Rules for registration and use of the profile

The registration is open to music professionals, physical persons resident in Switzerland or of Swiss nationality living abroad and legal persons resident in Switzerland. More precisely, three (3) categories of music professionals can register, named as follows:
1. Insiders: composers, lyricists, arrangers, shift workers - living in Switzerland or abroad
2. Records: recording studios, mastering studios - resident in Switzerland
3. Labels: record Labels - resident in Switzerland
Industry members declare and warrant that they produce and/or promote "protected promotional material" and have the right or permission to publicly disclose such information, see chapter 6 of these Terms of Use.
Industry members can promote national and/or international musicians if they have "protected promotional material" see chapter 6 of these Terms of Use.
Regulations for the use of Industry "Protected Promotional Material":
1. Direct sale of "protected promotional material" is permitted if it refers to musicians who have registered a Musicians account, see chapter 6 of these Terms of Use: after registering for the Industry account, follow the instructions to include registered Musicians accounts in your profile.
2. In the absence of musicians with Musicians accounts, you may upload "protected promotional material" of Swiss or foreign origin; the sale of this "protected promotional material" is prohibited, see chapter 6 of these Terms of Use
3. Links allowed are: official website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
4. Links to Swiss or foreign websites specifically for the promotion and sale of music productions are allowed

5. Audience - registration rules (public internet)

Users aged 16 and over can register to the expomusic.swiss platform.
Registration as an Audience user allows to fully visit the expomusic.swiss platform.
Audience users are subject to these Terms of Use and declare and warrant that they will not use the "protected promotional material" uploaded to the expomusic.swiss platform for commercial purposes, or to use the material on the expomusic.swiss platform in a manner other than that required in these provisions of the Terms of Use, but only for personal use.
Audience members are under the obligation to comply with the copyright rules, see chapter 6.
Registration for Audience users is free of charge.

6. Protected copyright, 'protected promotional material', protected information or information of public domain

Musicians and Industry intellectual property rights, and use of copyrights by the Internet public, the Expomusic association and all categories registered on the expomusic.swiss platform including the Internet public who visit the expomusic.swiss platform without registering a user account; sale of author's music compositions;

The expomusic.swiss platform offers users with registered Musicians and Industry accounts the possibility to upload to the expomusic.swiss platform "protected promotional material", more precisely, digital content owned or controlled by members, including, but not limited to, sound recordings, audio, video synchronized with audio recordings and other audio-visual works, collectively, music videos, including images, information, recorded names and all derivatives that collectively make up the offer of users with registered accounts; the association Expomusic has no property rights in any element of the content published by users with registered accounts on the expomusic.swiss platform, for example, but not limited to, sound content, video productions, images, text, graphics. The association Expomusic to perform its service requires the authorization, without limitation, by the owners of the rights and licenses of the "protected promotional material". Users with a registered account who upload "protected promotional material" to the expomusic.swiss platform authorize the Expomusic association and, where applicable, its authorized sublicensees and its worldwide distributors to use the right(s), copyright(s) and license(s), free of charge - royalty-free - of the "protected promotional material", more precisely the copyrights and licenses of third parties, as follows: reproduce, distribute, publicly perform - including through a digital audio broadcast, dedicated to the Internet public - publicly display, create derivative works for communication and promotion, for example, highlight(s), communicate to the public, synchronize and otherwise enjoy the promotional material uploaded.
To perform the service on behalf of users with a registered account, for example, to reproduce, transcode, copy and store promotional material on servers owned and/or operated by or on behalf of the Expomusic association or its sublicensees and authorized distributors, and to execute, transmit, synchronize, distribute, and reproduce the "protected promotional material" uploaded to the expomusic.swiss platform, using any technology or methodology now known or developed later on.
To use any " protected promotional material " or works associated with it, copiable metadata associated with it, including, without limitation to this list, sound recordings, synchronized videos, song lyrics, album covers, photographs, graphics and descriptive text in connection with the service offered by the association Expomusic through the platform expomusic.swiss necessary for its operation.
Users with registered accounts who have control and ownership of copyright authorize users of all categories registered on the expomusic.swiss platform, namely, Musicians, Industry, Audience, including all internet users who visit the expomusic.swiss platform without having a registered user account, to use the "protected promotional material" uploaded by them, for non-commercial purposes only, and more precisely, users are authorized to receive notifications, to display the "protected promotional material" uploaded by users with registered accounts, to reproduce the promotional material on any device owned or controlled by the user, to share it on other platforms, or computer communication systems such as email without limitation to this list.
To reproduce, use and publish and allow others to reproduce or re-publish, use and publish, the name(s), trademarks, "protected promotional material" both personal and biographical of users with registered accounts in connection with the service offered by the association Expomusic through the platform expomusic.swiss and necessary to its operation.
In order to allow the Expomusic association to perform the promotion service, in accordance with the above provisions, users with a registered account declare and authorize the Expomusic association free of charge through the expomusic.swiss platform of national and international law, not exclusive, to publicly disclose, sublicense, transfer, distribute, reproduce, copy and display trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos or similar property rights, in general registered trademarks, and all actions necessary for the promotion of "protected promotional material" exclusively in connection with the service offered by the association Expomusic, including the marketing, promotion or advertising of the service offered by the association Expomusic included, all forms of marketing for the promotion of advertising material now known or later created by the association Expomusic.
Users with a registered account declare and guarantee, and can demonstrate to the Expomusic association, upon request, that the "protected promotional material" uploaded on the expomusic.swiss platform and therefore, that the copyright and derived licenses of the "protected promotional material", are the property of the registered account members, who control all rights or that these rights are in the public domain.
If the copyright rights held or controlled by users with registered accounts have been licensed to physical or legal persons, in part or in full, they must possess sufficient rights, or freedom, to enter into an agreement, membership, with the association Expomusic and grant all rights relating to promotional material as set forth in this Agreement:
1. If necessary, users with a registered account must grant Expomusic full authority to act on behalf of all holders of any right, title or interest in and to any "protected promotional material" uploaded to the expomusic.swiss platform.
2. If necessary, users with a registered account must guarantee and grant permission to use the name of each physical person and identifiable legal person whose name is contained or used in the "protected promotional material", and to use the personal or identifying information of that individual or company, to the extent that such information is used or contained in the "protected promotional material" uploaded to the expomusic.swiss platform as provided in these Terms of Use.
3. If necessary, users with a registered account must guarantee and prove that they are entitled to sublicense all the aforementioned rights relating to the "protected promotional material" uploaded to the expomusic.swiss platform, to the Expomusic association and to all registered users of the service, namely, Musicians, Industry, Audience and the visiting public of the expomusic.swiss platform who does not register a user account.
Users with registered accounts declare and guarantee that the use or other exploitation of "protected promotional material" by the association Expomusic, if in the case of its sublicensees and authorized distributors, and/or by users with accounts and without accounts registered on the expomusic.swiss platform, worldwide, as provided in this Agreement, will not infringe in any way the rights of any third party, including but not limited to privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contractual rights or any other intellectual property of composers, songwriters, lyricists, arrangers, musicians, or other property rights. Registered Musicians and Industry users represent and warrant that they have the full right, power and authority to accept and grant, free of charge and without request for collection of copyright rights of their own or of third parties who are natural persons or legal persons, as required in this Agreement through these Terms of Use, notwithstanding the provisions of any prior agreement entered into with any copyright collection organization, whether established in Switzerland or elsewhere, or any music publisher.
Users with a registered account are solely responsible for taking all necessary measures to inform the copyright collecting societies or music publishers involved, or all physical persons or legal persons holding licenses, of the authorization and concession given to the association Expomusic for the exploitation, without limitation, of all "protected promotional material" whether in digital form or digital media or in physical form on paper or other material media, which is made publicly accessible; that no compensation or payment of any kind will be due to collecting societies of copyright, copyright, or music publishers, or to other physical persons and legal persons, Swiss or foreign, for public performance or communication to the public in digital form or digital media or in physical form on paper or other physical media or in all forms authorized in these Terms of Use for the "protected promotional material" uploaded on the expomusic.swiss platform by users with a registered account or produced by the association Expomusic through the "protected promotional material" uploaded by them.
Users with registered accounts represent and warrant that no commission or percentage of any kind will be due to users with registered accounts or to third parties, including, but not limited to, trade unions, associations, corporations, international corporations, vocalists, musicians, sound engineers, producers or other physical persons or legal persons, whether professional or non-professional, Swiss or foreign, included or not on this list for the use or reuse of "protected promotional material" as authorized under this Agreement.
If any agreement entered into with a third party, including, but not limited to, copyright collecting organizations, music publishers, trade unions or corporations, by law or contract, prohibits Expomusic, and if applicable its sublicensees and distributors, from granting the right and license set forth in this agreement, including the representations and warranties set forth in the paragraphs immediately above, affects the effectiveness and validity of the dispositions of these Terms of Use; it is considered an illegal act, and therefore prohibited, to upload "protected promotional material" on the expomusic.swiss platform by providing false information about the ownership of copyrights, copyrights, its own and third parties, or that violate contractual clauses of previous copyright agreements, or otherwise; users registered with Musicians, Industry, Audience accounts who violate these provisions attributable to the "protected promotional material" uploaded on the expomusic.swiss platform, are directly responsible for any claim for compensation by the owners of the copyright, including all court costs and legal costs, the association Expomusic is not responsible and obliged to indemnify, in any form or in any case, the owners of direct or indirect copyright.
Users with a registered account, and without a registered account, declare and warrant that they will not cause any legal dispute against Expomusic and that they will indemnify Expomusic if, due to users with a registered account, legal actions for compensation are brought in relation to copyright, third party property rights or due to contractual clauses not respected by users with a registered account.
The association Expomusic declares and guarantees not to profit from the "protected promotional material" uploaded by users with registered accounts; the association Expomusic declares and warrants that the "protected promotional material" uploaded is under the exclusive control, while maintaining the provisions mentioned in these Terms of Use, of users with a registered account who have uploaded it to the platform expomusic.swiss and that, at any time, may modify or remove the "protected promotional material", subject to the obligation of the conditions of subscription to the service of the platform expomusic.swiss.
The "Expomusic promotional material" contained in the expomusic.swiss platform is owned by the Expomusic association; users with registered and unregistered accounts agree that the service contains "Expomusic promotional material" specifically provided by the Expomusic association or its partners, protected by copyright, including trademarks, service marks, Live Streaming service, Streaming service, patents, trade secrets or covered by other intellectual property rights and laws. By using the expomusic.swiss platform, you must respect the authorship of "Expomusic promotional material" on copyright and the applicable restrictions of any "Expomusic promotional material" accessible through the expomusic.swiss platform service.
The Expomusic association grants each user of the site with and without a registered account, and/or service, a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-commercial, non-transferable and non-transferable license to use, modify and reproduce the content for commercial purposes but solely for the personal use of "Expomusic promotional material". The use, reproduction, modification, distribution or storage of any content for commercial use, without limitation to this list, is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from the association Expomusic, or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice, in the absence of which you must seek permission from the association Expomusic. Users who do not have privileges over "Expomusic promotional material" of any kind present on the expomusic.swiss platform, or accessible through an account and password, connected to its service, are not allowed to sell, license, rent or otherwise use or exploit any content for commercial use, or in any other way that violates the rights of the Expomusic association or third party rights related to the Expomusic association.

7. Rules of use of the expomusic.swiss platform and rules of conduct

Registered users of all categories declare and guarantee correct, ethical and legal conduct in accordance with the provisions of these Terms of Use and confirm that they will not use the expomusic.swiss platform for purposes prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. The services of the expomusic.swiss platform and the social pages linked to it - including, without limitation, any content shared on the expomusic.swiss platform by the association Expomusic or the "protected promotional material" - are intended for personal, non-commercial use only, unless you have any other privileges of use and/or exploitation. Users of all categories, including visitors to the website without a registered account, are prohibited from taking any action with respect to the content on the expomusic.swiss platform such as forced downloading of all content, use of copyrighted images and all copyrighted content for purposes that are deemed unlawful by the copyright holders and which are excluded from these Terms of Use. Users of all categories registered on the expomusic.swiss platform, including visitors to the site without a registered account, must obtain permission to use the "protected promotional material" and "Expomusic promotional material" of the expomusic.swiss platform for commercial and/or promotional purposes directly from the holders of these licenses and copyrights; the services offered by the Expomusic association are an exception to this rule, unless these Terms of Use can be used through the expomusic.swiss platform or through it, for the products and services included in the offer of the Expomusic association, including visitors to the site without a registered account, must be allowed to use the "protected promotional material" and "Expomusic promotional material" of the expomusic.swiss platform for commercial and/or promotional purposes directly from the holders of these licenses and copyrights. In general, registered users of all categories, including visitors of the site without a registered account, are liable, civilly and criminally, for actions that are deemed illegal by these Terms of Use carried out with the content on the platform expomusic.swiss. For example, and not limited to this list, users of all categories including site visitors without a registered account, can not and should not allow third parties to:

take any action that violates the terms and conditions of this Terms of Use document.
infringement of any patent, trademark, secret, copyright, right of publicity or other right of any other person or entity or which violates any law or contractual obligation;
be false, misleading or inaccurate;
unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of the privacy of others, unlawful, obscene, offensive conduct;
uploading unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, spam or mass e-mail; to facilitate or to undertake commercial and/or sales activities without the prior written consent of the Expomusic association or the owners of the Copyrights;
exploiting persons in a manner which is unlawful under applicable national and international law;
attempt illegal computer actions such as, but not limited to this list, uploading files containing viruses or other computer codes, files or programs that are designed or intended to destroy, damage, limit or interfere with the proper functioning of any software, hardware or telecommunications equipment or damage or gain unauthorized access to any system, data, password or other information within the expomusic.swiss platform or third parties;
to steal the computer identity of any person or entity of the subscribers of the expomusic.swiss platform or of the collaborators or representatives of the Expomusic association included in the expomusic.swiss platform;
to disseminate information of political and/or religious affiliation, including but not limited to messages that spread opinions on aspects that are not related to music or to the guidelines of these Terms of Use;

In addition, registered users of all categories including site visitors without a registered account, must not:

interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the expomusic.swiss platform or any activity carried out on the platform;
bypass all protection measures of the expomusic.swiss platform or restrict access to services, accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the platform;
run Maillist, Listserv, any form of auto-responder or "spam" on the platform;

You can't, directly or indirectly:

proceed using reverse engineering to derive information about the expomusic.swiss platform for the purpose of deciphering source codes or codes derived from them or related to them, as well as the algorithms of any part of the expomusic.swiss platform;
use the contents of the expomusic.swiss platform to manipulate them in order to obtain derivative works or projects from any part of the expomusic.swiss platform;
copy, rent, lease, distribute or otherwise transfer any of the rights for which you do not own the copyright or the necessary private rights. You must comply with all applicable national and international licensing and copyright laws and conventions and regulations applicable to the Terms of Use;

The association Expomusic does not guarantee that any content will be made public and available, as services or information, on the platform expomusic.swiss. It is not obliged to monitor the accuracy of the content uploaded by users of all categories involved in the expomusic.swiss platform. In this sense, it is not liable for any civil or criminal disputes caused by registered users. However, the Expomusic association reserves the right to remove or edit any content in its sole discretion, including without limitation any content uploaded by users, without notification and for any reason including, but not limited to this list, after receiving complaints or allegations from third parties or authorities regarding such content or if the Expomusic association discovers that you may have violated these Terms of Use, it may also remove or block any content uploaded or provided as information by users of all categories. The Expomusic association reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against those who, at the discretion of the Expomusic association, violate these provisions, including, without limitation, delete user accounts and / or report the incorrectness of such activities or content to the competent authorities.

8. Links connected to the platform expomusic.swiss

In the expomusic.swiss platform, links or internet domains are allowed.
Internet links or domains may not refer to other specific platforms for music promotion or related to the music field or promotion, including, without limitation, all links and domains for which it is necessary to possess, or request, permission, licenses and/or copyrights.
You must be the owner of the internet domains or have the written permission of the owners or be the manager of an account or a domain to services.
The association Expomusic reserves the right to modify or remove links or domains, entered by users, at its sole discretion.
Expomusic is not responsible for the security, or the risk and danger, of using third-party websites in accordance with the privacy policy and for any information that may be obtained from switching to sites outside the expomusic.swiss platform.
The association Expomusic is not responsible for the content, functions, accuracy, legality, suitability or any other aspect of such sites or resources external to the expomusic.swiss platform. The inclusion of such links does not imply endorsement by the association Expomusic. The User with a registered account, of all categories, agrees and agrees that the association Expomusic will not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages or losses caused, or allegedly caused, by or in connection with the use or reliability of any content, goods or services available on or through such sites or computer resources.

9. Liability, exemption and use of the expomusic.swiss platform

Expomusic is not responsible for "protected promotional material" not protected by Copyright made public by all users who have an account registered on the expomusic.swiss platform, in terms of copyright, and third party licenses, or the truthfulness of all information published by members; members of all categories are directly responsible for the information provided and all material uploaded to the platform expomusic.swiss; users of all categories who complete the registration form to the platform expomusic.swiss must provide truthful information, giving false information is a crime and liable to prosecution.
Users with a registered account are responsible for all information and content published on the expomusic.swiss platform in terms of direct and indirect copyright and third party licenses derived from the "protected promotional material" uploaded in all its forms on the expomusic.swiss platform. Expomusic does not control the content published on the expomusic.swiss platform and is not responsible for checking copyright ownership.
Users of all categories with registered accounts undertake not to publish content on the expomusic.swiss platform that infringes Swiss and international copyright laws and/or violates the rights of third parties; in the event of non-compliance with this obligation, registered users of all categories registered on the expomusic.swiss platform are directly liable, in particular for damages (including third-party damages and consequential damages). Furthermore, the user may not publish, either directly or indirectly, the following contents:
1. contents that according to the common moral ideas and the decision of the association Expomusic are to be considered obscene, blasphemous, defamatory, offensive, pornographic, racist, xenophobic or generally reprehensible
2. content that may damage the image of the Expomusic association or the expomusic.swiss platform
3. content advertising third party companies or services of a sexual nature, SMS or MMS, private credits, medicines, alcohol and tobacco or of a nature other than the promotion of music or image
4. content that may harm others, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, phishing or indications for the production of such content
The association Expomusic does not assume any responsibility for the content and operation of third party websites to which you are referred from the platform expomusic.swiss through links or computer tools inserted by subscribers to the platform expomusic.swiss.
The association Expomusic is not responsible for the continuous availability of the server and its contents or for the uninterrupted operation of the free and paid online services of the expomusic.swiss platform without any claim for compensation from registered users of all categories.
The Expomusic association does not assume any responsibility for the operation and compatibility of the hardware used by users with free access or by means of an affiliation or paid transaction. The user is responsible for the hardware he uses. The Expomusic association does not offer any kind of technical support for the use of the online services, free or paid, of the expomusic.swiss platform.
The data uploaded into your account by users registered on the expomusic.swiss platform, including the purchase of music tracks, is regularly insured by the Expomusic association. However, in the event of a loss of data, the Expomusic association undertakes to restore the status prior to the loss of data. However, there is no obligation to do so. Expomusic does not assume any liability, including financial liability, for data loss and/or other damages arising from the use of the online services of the expomusic.swiss platform.
Users of all categories registered on the expomusic.swiss platform undertake to indemnify the Expomusic association against all liability and obligations, expenses and claims arising from damages (including third-party and consequential damages) to the expomusic.swiss platform, and consequently to the Expomusic association, in connection with content published by users with registered accounts of all categories. This applies in particular to cases of denigration, insulting or infringing of personal rights, intellectual property rights or other rights, false identity, intent to falsify the information provided, including intellectual property rights. Registered users who are responsible for the aforementioned violations assume the costs of a defense and legal proceedings initiated by the injured party or by third parties, whether natural or legal persons, involved in the damage caused.
The Expomusic Association is entitled to block and delete the accounts of registered users of all categories subscribed to the expomusic.swiss platform, and all content published on the expomusic.swiss platform without stating the reasons, by instantly cancelling the affiliation contract between registered users of all categories and the Expomusic Association without compensation for registration, or subscription, to the expomusic.swiss platform. This applies in particular in the event of non-compliance with these obligations. These violations may also have civil or criminal consequences for registered users.
In the platform expomusic.swiss you can browse the site and view the content without having to register, but to take advantage of some aspects of the platform you need to create a user profile, at the discretion of the association Expomusic will not be allowed user names (IDs) that may be vulgar, obscene, offensive or of dubious taste.
Users who register an account are required to provide true, accurate, complete and current information; otherwise, it constitutes a violation of the Terms of Use and may result in immediate termination of the account. Using false identities or copyrighted material, in all its forms, or internet domains of which you are not the owner or without written permission from the owners of the rights, violates these Terms of Use and causes the immediate closure of the account without any obligation of compensation from the association Expomusic. Registered users are responsible for all activities carried out by their account and in their account and is responsible for keeping confidential the access data to their account. The Expomusic association reserves the right to refuse to register users or cancel user identifications and domains linked to them at its sole discretion. You may not use another user's account without the express permission of that other user. The Expomusic association will inform you, as far as possible, of unauthorized use of your account or other security breaches of which it is aware.
If, as a result of routine checks or reports by third parties, it is found that the expomusic.swiss platform is not being used in accordance with the rules, the Expomusic association may transmit data about the user or suspected users to the authorities responsible for computer abuse.

10. Disclaimer of liability

Expomusic does not make any representations regarding any content including "protected promotional material" on the expomusic.swiss platform and is not responsible for the truthfulness, accuracy, reliability of copyrights, or legality of information, of any kind and form, provided by users with registered accounts and related services. The association Expomusic does not exercise any special or fiduciary relationship with users with registered accounts outside of these Terms of Use. The association Expomusic has no control and no obligation to verify users who gain access to the platform expomusic.swiss or who make a registered account; to verify what "protected promotional material" is accessed through the platform expomusic.swiss; the effects, use and actions that are undertaken on the "protected promotional material"; Registered users declare and acknowledge that the association Expomusic is not responsible, in any case and under any circumstances, for the above and not listed, and exonerates it from any liability for the use of the platform expomusic.swiss and its contents. The association Expomusic is not responsible for the content of links provided by users with registered accounts. The expomusic.swiss platform does not provide any guarantees of any kind with regard to the computer security of the information on the website, the services offered or the unrestricted operation of the expomusic.swiss platform. La piattaforma expomusic.swiss, e i suoi servizi, è fornita «così com'è» e «come disponibile» senza garanzie, esplicite o implicite sia per i servizi offerti sia per le attività, le informazioni e il funzionamento. The association Expomusic, its members of the management, employees, agents, suppliers, partners and content providers do not guarantee that: a) the service will be secure or available at any given time or place; b) any defects or errors will be corrected; c) the results of using the service of the expomusic.swiss platform meet the needs and expectations of users. Use of the expomusic.swiss platform is exclusively at your own risk and responsibility; d) Any content or software available from or through the service is free of viruses or other harmful components.

11. Privacy – Registration and processing of personal data

When registering for the online services of the expomusic.swiss platform, the user chooses his/her login data; he/she is obliged to keep this data secret and not to pass it on to third parties.
The user is obliged to ensure the confidentiality and completeness of the data provided. Incomplete registrations do not allow you to create your own user profile. The user is obliged to update his data in the section of his personal profile. Expomusic reserves the right to correct or contact users for inaccurate data.
The user agrees to the electronic storage and storage of his/her data on the expomusic.swiss platform. The association Expomusic does not transmit information to third parties without the permission of the users. All information stored during registration, and those entered in user profiles, are kept safe. The user is aware of and agrees that the data published in their profiles on the expomusic.swiss platform is accessible to the public on the Internet, whether as a physical or legal person. The user agrees that data stored over the Internet may be read by unauthorized third parties.
Unregistered visitors: Use of "technical" cookies to allow the operation of the site. No personal info permanently saved in our systems. Visitors of the expomusic.swiss platform who have not registered an account are also subject to the Conditions of Use of the expomusic.swiss platform and are obliged to comply with all its parts, regulations and laws.
Audience: “technical” cookies and completing the inscription are saved user name, password (encrypted and therefore not accessible by our staff), email, date of birth, region (canton or abroad), profiles and concerts followed if added.
Musicians: As audience plus music genre, profile image, Suisa member yes/no, profile Musicians name, username, first and last name, address, ID identification for musicians living abroad, presentation text. Social links (if added): website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn.
1. For each song uploaded: title, price, audio file, image, album
2. For each added concert: date, time, city, place, link, image
3. For each added news: category, text, link, image
4. For each added video: link
Industry: As audience plus music genres, subcategory (also subcategory for insiders), Suisa member yes/no, IDI number (optional), profile Industry name, first and last name, address. Social links (if added): website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn.
1. For each added news: category, text, link, image
2. For each production added: album or song title (for Expo musicians)
3. For each added video: link
4. For each song uploaded (Others section): title, audio file, image, link
Contact Us: the message is sent by email to the development team and the site manager, containing all the data entered in the form: name and surname, user category, address email, topic and message.

12. End of service of the expomusic.swiss platform, closure of registered accounts

The association Expomusic.swiss may terminate access to all or part of the service provided by the expomusic.swiss platform at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, with immediate effect, without compensation, which may result in blocking of accounts and destruction of all information associated with your registered membership and/or subscription, including, without limitation, any access to any "protected promotional material" purchased through the expomusic.swiss platform without compensation. Users with a registered account who wish to close their account must follow the instructions in their user profile; all "protected promotional material" uploaded to their profile will be permanently deleted, including identification information provided when registering for the expomusic.swiss platform, it is not possible to recover your account; the decision to close their registered fee-based account will not provide for a refund of the registration fee or a subscription service with the Expomusic.swiss association through the expomusic.swiss platform. All provisions of these Terms of Use cease to be valid and release the Expomusic association and its registered users from all mutual obligations.

13. Acceptance of these Terms of Use

The association Expomusic through its platform expomusic.swiss, provides users with its own service of music promotion. The use of the expomusic.swiss platform is permitted subject to prior acceptance of these Terms of Use without revocation. The Terms of Use may be amended by the association Expomusic. The services offered by the expomusic.swiss platform may be covered by additional Terms and Conditions of Use, which are made available for the activation of new services offered by the Expomusic association via the expomusic.swiss platform. Users who visit the platform without registering an account and all users of all categories who register an account declare that they accept this document of the Terms of Use in all its parts, provisions and laws. Users who wish to register an account declare and guarantee that they are not bound by any previous agreements concluded with companies or any other organization that prohibit or limit the acceptance of all the Conditions of Use of the expomusic.swiss platform. The minimum age for registering an account on the expomusic.swiss platform is 16 years of age; if you are not of legal age, your consent must be given by a legal representative. This provision is null and void in countries where the minimum age for access to services is over 16 years. You represent and warrant that you are of legal age to enter into a binding contract, and that all registration information submitted is accurate and true. Expomusic may, at its sole discretion, refuse to offer the service to any person or entity and change its eligibility criteria at any time.