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Sellaband is a music website that allows artists to raise the money from their fans and the SellaBand community in order to record a professional album. Sellaband uses the mechanisms of crowdfunding and is to be seen as a Direct-to-Fan/fan-funded music platform utilising a Threshold Pledge System / Provision Point Mechanism. It was set up by Johan Vosmeijer (ex Sony/BMG), Pim Betist (ex Shell), and Dagmar Heijmans (ex Sony/BMG) in August 2006. Its offices used to be located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but it was originally incorporated in Bocholt, Germany. On April 8, 2008, Sellaband raised EU€3.5 million (US$5 million) in their Series A round led by Prime Technology Ventures.〔(Sellaband )〕 In early 2009, Pim Betist left Sellaband to set up Africa Unsigned,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Africa Unsigned - Brands, Bands & Fans )〕 using Sellaband technology as a base and supported by the Dutch government. In January 2010, Sellaband filed for Bankruptcy. It relaunched days later, after an investor stepped forward. The office was relocated to Munich, Germany.〔(News - A little message ). Sellaband. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.〕 ==SellaBand 2== On October 1, 2009, SellaBand launched a new model that gave artists total flexibility in their fan funding plans and did not take rights. Any artist, signed or unsigned, could use SellaBand to fund any project.〔(Press Release) (News - Welcome to the All New ). Sellaband. Retrieved on 2013-09-21. (Press Release)〕 The new model also incorporated the change, that artists are free to choose how much money the want to raise. The minimum funding target is € 3000,– and the maximum funding target is € 250.000,–. Artists can also choose if they want to integrate a revenue sharing option into their funding. The minimum incentive is a download.〔(Join ). Sellaband. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.〕 Artists can now choose different project objectives they want to fund: * music recording; * record releases (digital/physical); * promotion and/or marketing campaigns; * live concerts / touring / festivals; * an exclusive fan product; * a combination of all of the above;〔(Sellaband ). Sellaband. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.〕 On June 1, 2010, SellaBand launched a German version of SellaBand.〔(Press Release) (News - German version is online! ). Sellaband. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.〕 On August 27, 2010, SellaBand announced that the Dutch Central Bank (DCB) got in touch with SellaBand to investigate whether or not the "withdrawal option" at SellaBand was a violation of the law on financial supervision (Wet Financieel Toezicht/ Wft). From day one the DCB stressed that they were never under the impression that SellaBand was willingly violating the law. After a couple of months of investigating they came to the conclusion that it is a violation of the WFT (article 3.5 of the WFT) and that SellaBand, since SellaBand isn't and is not going to be a Bank, has to stop the withdrawal option. SellaBand then had stop the offer to withdraw money deposited to SellaBand from September 1, 2010 on. However, revenue earned with investments made in SellaBands artists can still be withdrawn from a SellaBand account 〔(Press Release) (News - Refund of money ). Sellaband. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.〕 On August 30, 2010, SellaBand announced that the lead currency would be changed from US$ to € after September 1, 2010.〔(Press Release) (News - From Dollar to Euro ). Sellaband. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sellaband」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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