BUMA/STEMRA are two private organizations in the Netherlands, the Buma Association (Dutch: Vereniging Buma) and the Stemra Foundation (Dutch: Stichting Stemra) that operate as one single company that acts as the Dutch collecting society for composers and music publishers^[1].

[edit] History

The Buma Association was set up by Dutch music authors and publishers in 1913, one year after the Dutch Copyright Act (Auteurswet) was passed. In 1936, with the arrival of the gramophone record, the replication of music multiplied. Realising its impact, the members of the Buma Association created the Stemra Foundation, which focuses on the replication of recorded works of music, ranging from LPs to CDs to Internet and mobile phones^[2].

[edit] External links

• Buma/Stemra Official site

[edit] References

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