The more music you make and the more it is heard, the more difficult it becomes to check when and where your work can be heard in public. It is a comfortable feeling to know that you can leave that job to a professional organisation like Buma/Stemra.
Being a member of Buma/Stemra is sensible if works that you have written yourself are regularly heard on radio or TV, if you regularly perform your work or if your works are recorded on CD or DVD. If you do not create a lot of compositions or lyrics and if you are able to check yourself where and when they are being used, you can handle the commercial exploitation of the rights yourself, instead of joining Buma/Stemra. In that case, you are able to determine the conditions yourself and collect remunerations if your work is used.
Member benefits
Membership as a composer/author
Would you like to become a member of Buma/Stemra? To become a member, you fill in the registration form, print it out and send it to Buma/Stemra, enclosing an original copy of a proof of your identity. After we have received your registration form, you will be sent a giro payment form that you can…
Membership as a music publisher
Would you like to become a member of Buma/Stemra? To become a member, you fill in the registration form, print it out and send it to Buma/Stemra, enclosing an original copy of the entry in the Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) records. After we have received your registration form, you will be sent a…
Informing us of changes in your commercial exploitation contract
If you decide to transfer the management of your commercial exploitation rights for a specific region of the world or country to a sister organisation, you can change your commercial exploitation contract with Buma and/or Stemra. Example: you want to become affiliated to a copyright organisation in the United States solely for the United States,…
Cancelling your commercial exploitation contract
To cancel your commercial exploitation contract, send us a signed letter to this effect stating your customer number. Cancellation must take place within one calendar year with a notice period of 3 months. In other words, if you cancel by 30 September at the latest, the commercial exploitation contract will be terminated on 1 January…
