Account and Policies

Your Account

1. What is an Account?

After a successful registration on Yaika!, we will create an account for you in our database.

The account page contains the following information:
- Your personal data;
- Ability to change your password;
- Ability to delete your account;
- Ability to change your avatar;
- Ability to use your Twitter and Jaiku accounts.

2. How do I change my Personal Info?

To change your personal information, follow these steps:
Log in and open your Account page;
Click “Edit” button in the personal data section to edit your personal information;
Click "Save" button to save any changes.

3. How do I change my Yaika! account password?

To change your personal data, follow these steps:
Log in and open your Account page;
Enter your current password;
Enter your new password and confirm your new password;
Click “Save” button.

4. How do I update my Avatar Picture?

You can either take a picture using your webcam and then add effects to it on your account page or upload your own custom image.

5. How I can use my Twitter accounts and Jaiku accounts on this site?

If you connect your Twitter or Jaiku account to Yaika!, your followers will be automatically notified when you broadcast or add a text blog post on your channel. This saves you time of doing it yourself.

The following event will be posted on your Twitter and/ or Jaiku account:
When your creating or removing a channel;
When you start a Video or radio broadcast and post text blog post;
Start Quickstream;
Make Call-in during a live-broadcast;
When your channel reaches the Top 20.

6. How can I delete my account?

If you would like to delete your account, follow these steps:
Login to Yaika!
Go to your Account page;
Enter your account password in a Delete account field;
Click "Delete" button.
After you delete your account you will not be able to login to Yaika! using those account details.

Inappropriate Content

7. What kind of rules and conditions are used for live broadcasting?

Users are prohibited from:
Using content, logos, service marks or trademarks of the site without authorisation or removing trademarks from the materials on YAIKA’s website;
Using robot programs;
Collect personal data (including user names, e-mail addresses, etc.) of other Yaika! users for any illegal purposes;
Using material belonging to a third party without his/her written consent;
Using foul language or insulting other users in any way;
Promotion of drugs, alcohol or tobaco;
Using drugs, alcohol, or smoking during video or radio broadcasting;
Broadcasting pornographic content.

Users agree not to use Yaika! Service for:
- Delivery, transfer or any other kind of publication of materials which are illegal, injurious, threatening, morally offending, violating your local copyright laws, spreading hatred and/or racial, ethnic, sexual, social discrimination of any person or persons;
- Infringing on rights of minor persons and/or doing harm to them in any form;
- Infringing on right of any minority;
- Impersonating another person, representative of an organization and/or a community without sufficient rights including impersonating or representing yourself as an employee or owner of Yaika!, owner of Yaika!, misleading features and characteristics of any subjects or objects on Yaika!;
- Delivery, transfer or any other kind of publication of materials which must not be accessible according to law or any contractual relations;
- Delivery, transfer or any other kind of publication of materials which infringe any patent, trade mark, commercial secret, copyright or other property rights and/or copyrights and allied rights of the third party;
- Infringements of the existing rules of legislation;
- Delivery or transfer of the messages concerning somebody and containing rude and abusive expressions or sentences.

Please note that if you want to create a channel with content for user auditory older that 18 years – you have to choose appropriate category (Erotic). Or Yaika! moderators will stop your broadcast and delete the channel.

8. What do all the term - complaining mean?

Graphic sexual activity – any materials which contain actual visible or implied sex acts.
Nudity – any material which contain exposed or see -through coverage of areas typically covered by a bathing suit or underwear. Sometimes nudity is allowed on Yaika!, depending on the context.
Suggestive, but without nudity – materials with sexual a theme that do not necessarily depict sexual activity or nudity. Sexually suggestive content may not be suitable for all audiences and may include fetish-related content.
Shocking or disturbing content – materials which contains disturbing imagery, such as graphic depictions of violence, accidents or gore, which lack an appropriate context.
Promotes hatred or violence against another person and/ or group of people – materials that promotes or encourages hatred or violence towards a person and/ or group of people based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age and sexual orientation/gender identity.
Harmful dangerous acts – materials depict behaviour likely to cause serious injury or death to a third party.

9. How does Yaika! handle inappropriate content?

When users identify inappropriate content on any broadcast, as described in our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, they should send a complain to Yaika!.
Each complaint is promptly dealt with by a member of staff (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), who immediately removes any content that violates our Terms of Service.

10. Why was my account suspended?

Your account was suspended due to repeated or severe violation of our Terms of Service. Users with suspended or terminated accounts are prohibited from creating new accounts or accessing Yaika's community features.

11. How do I complain about inappropriate content?

If you see a broadcast that you think has inappropriate content based on our Terms of Service, you can report it to us by clicking the "Complain" button on that broadcast page.
Please follow these steps:
Move your cursor to the "Select a reason" drop-down menu to see our complaints menu;
Choose an appropriate reason for complaint. You can also add a description of the complaint;
Click the "Complain" button to report the broadcast.

The broadcast will then be reviewed by a member of staff.

12. How can I keep Yaika! a safe place?

First, please read our Terms of Service for information on how to protect yourself. Secondly, please familiarise yourself with our Community Guidelines. Understanding and honouring the Community Guidelines helps create a safer environment for yourself and others. It will also help you to recognise abuse and report it to the Yaika! support centre.

13. How do I report a spam broadcast?

If you see a broadcast that you know is spam based on our Terms of Service and/or Community Guidelines, you can report it to us for review by clicking the "Complain" button on the broadcast page. Please follow these steps:
1.Move your cursor to the "Select a reason" drop-down menu to see our complaints menu;
2.Choose an appropriate reason for complaint. You can also add a description of the complaint;
3.Click the "Complain" button to report the broadcast.

The broadcast will then be reviewed by a member of staff.

14. My comments have been deleted. Why?

The author of a channel has permission to delete any comments added to their broadcasts and text blog posts.

Abusive Users

15. My account was hacked. What do I do?

If you believe your account has been compromised, there are steps you may take to secure access to your account. If you still have access to your account, login immediately and change the password to your account. You can find instructions on how to change your password, here.
Verify that the email address associated with the account is still yours and change the password on the email account as well. Avoid using the same password for both services.
If you've forgotten your password or believe your password's been changed without your knowledge but your email address hasn't been changed, it may be possible to regain control of your account by using the password retrieval feature to change your password manually after you receive the instructions by e-mail.
If you're unable to retrieve the password associated with your account, please contact the support team.
The best way to prevent unauthorised access to your account is to never reveal your password to anyone (including those posing as Yaika! member of staff) and choose a secure password.

When choosing a password, please follow the guidelines below:
- Mix capital and lowercase letters;
- Mix letters, numbers and symbols;
- Make sure it is at least 8 or more characters;

16. Does Yaika! send bulk unsolicited emails (spam)?

By default Yaika! generates e-mail notifications to provide users with information regarding their account.
Yaika! also generates e-mails when users sent private messages to friends or invite them to join.
Some e-mails purporting to be from Yaika! or containing what appears to be a link to a channel on Yaika!, may in fact be spam sent by a third party or malicious links generated by a virus. If you think you've received one of these messages, you may want to update your antivirus definitions and/or run a virus scan on your computer.

Channel/ Broadcast Takedowns

17. Why was my channel deleted?

Your channel was deleted because the channel had inappropriate content. See our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.

18. Why was my broadcast stopped by Yaika! team?

Yaika! team stopped your broadcast because of inappropriate content. Please read again our Terms of Service and/or Community Guidelines.

19. How can I make sure that my channel doesn’t get removed?

All channels and broadcasts on Yaika! must comply with our Terms of Service. For further information, please see our Community Guidel

Privacy Issues

20. Privacy Complaint Guidelines

Yaika! is a community of people who like and enjoy a new way of communication. Therefore THE comfort and safety of our users is important to us. We do not allow any content that violates other people privacy.

Here we describe general principles that determine people's privacy violations. Please read this carefully. If you believe your complaint does not comply with the our guidelines, please do not send it.
Privacy information is a definite type of information and access to this data is determined and limited by the laws of your residing country, for example, private information.
Sometimes users aren't even aware that someone feels uncomfortable with the posting of the broadcast or channel. Therefore, as a first step contact the author of the channel regarding your concern if you become aware of a channel or broadcast that you feel violates your privacy.
Please take into account that user needS time to respond. It may be that the user hasn't received your message yet. If you're unable to contact the author of the channel or the author refuses to remove the channel or broadcast in question, please contact our support centre. You can also send your complaint from that broadcast page by pressing, “Complain” Please note that we will accept complaint forms only from the individuals or legal guardian of the individual whom privacy was violated. We will not accept complaints made by your co-worker, spouse, sibling or friend. Also, note we will not take action unless you are clearly identifiable in the materials broadcasted.
If you're not sure whether you have the right to request that a broadcast or channel is removed from Yaika!, you should obtain your own legal advice. Making an illegitimate request may have adverse legal consequences for yourself in your country of residence.

General Copyright Inquiries

21. What is copyright?

Copyright is a form of legal protection that grants people who create and produce content the exclusive rights to control certain uses of that content. Music, artistic works, videos, video games, books, and films these are examples of the types of content that is protected by copyright. There are limitations to copyright. It does not, for example, generally protect ideas or facts. Copyright protection means that a copyright owner can control certain uses of their work: copying of their content as well as the adapting and transmitting of the content. Uploading and sharing content via the Internet implicates many of a copyright owner's exclusive rights. The exclusive nature of copyright means that only the owner can decide who engages in these activities with respect to their content.
For European Union countries, the Commission website has some helpful information and links - http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/index_en.htm.

For information on US copyright laws and fair use, please refer to the following materials.
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/
http://www.copyrightwebsite.com/Info/Law/FairUse.aspx
http://chillingeffects.org/fairuse/

WIPO has a list of Intellectual Property and Copyright Offices internationally, you can find the one applicable for your country here: http://www.wipo.int/directory/en/urls.jsp

Please note, this material is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a legal advice or a substitute for legal advice.

22. How do I know if my Channel/ Broadcast is infringing on someone else's copyright?

Use your imagination and talents to create something really original and unique this is the best way to exclude copyright violation.
Be sure that all components of your broadcast are your original creation - even the audio part. Because if you use an audio track of a sound recording owned by a record label without that record label's permission, your broadcast may be infringing the copyrights of others and may be subject to removal.

Please note, this material is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a legal advice or a substitute for legal advice.

23. I want to create a Broadcast at a sporting event, concert, television or a DVD.

Broadcasting a television show, sporting event, concert, or clips from a purchased DVD on your channel doesn't necessarily mean that you own all necessary rights in that material to use it in your broadcasts on Yaika!. Please note that using these materials on Yaika! may violate copyright law.

Please note, this material is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a legal advice or a substitute for legal advice.

25. Who owns the rights to?

We can't assist you with identifying and contacting the party that owns the rights to a particular work. There is no central database of content owner information that owns the rights to a particular work. Please consult with your legal expert with this matter.

Please note, this material is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a legal advice or a substitute for legal advice.

26. A few guiding principles.

Here we describe some guidelines to help you determine whether your broadcast may infringe on someone else's copyrights.
If you broadcasting your TV screen, or materials from another website, it is still copyrighted and requires the copyright owner's permission to distribute.
If you inform about the owner/author/songwriter, it is still copyrighted.
If you created a video/ audio material as short clips of copyrighted content, even if you edit it together, the content is still copyrighted.
Please note, this material is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a legal advice or a substitute for legal advice

27. Why was my Channel/ Broadcast removed due to copyright infringements while similar Broadcasts were not

When we are notified that a particular broadcast infringes another parties copyrights’, we follow local laws. Sometimes a copyright owner authorizes someone, but not all, of its works to appear on our site. Other times, different copyright owners own very similar material, and one may grant permission while another does not.

28. How do I report copyright infringement?

If you are the copyright owner of a material and wish to report content being used without your permission, please follow these steps:

1.Include a statement telling us that you have found a channel or broadcast on Yaika! which you believe infringes your copyright.
2.Tell us which country your copyright applies to.
3.Tell us the title of the channel and broadcast concerned, also channel author screen name and the full URL for the channel in question.
4.Explain to us in what way that channel or broadcast infringes your copyright (e.g. the sound is copied, the entire video is a copy of an original work made by me, etc.)
5.Identify the type (e.g. a film, a piece of music, a book, etc.) and details (e.g. title, publisher, dates, etc.) of the copyright work which you own the rights to and which you believe has been infringed. If this information is available on the Internet, it would be helpful to send us a link.
6.Provide us with your contact information so that we can get in touch with you (email address is preferred).

7.Sign the notice. For providing notice by email a valid electronic signature will be accepted.
8.Send the notice, in writing, to the following address: complain@yaika.com
9. Also, please attach documents confirming your ownership of the copyrighted material which was used without your permission;

If you are not sure what your rights are, or whether your copyright has been infringed, please seek legal advice first. Making an illegitimate request may have adverse legal consequences for yourself in your country of residence.