BUMA

BUMA/STEMRA are two organizations in The Netherlands that operate as one single company that acts as the Dutch collecting society for composers and music publishers, and sometimes as a copyright owner ("© BUMA" or "℗ BUMA"). Normally, though, if mentioned on release by itself, please add this info to the rights societies field! Buma was founded in 1913. These days around 24,000 composers, lyricists and authors are affiliated to Buma/Stemra (founded in 1977). Buma/Stemra ensures that when their creations are used, they receive fair remuneration. Buma/Stemra collects these remunerations in other countries around the world via sister organizations. Buma/Stemra also covers the global music repertoire in The Netherlands and collects remuneration for use on behalf of foreign composers, lyricists and authors and transfers this to sister organizations.