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Royalty Registration & Collection

How to Collect Your Buma/Stemra Royalties

Dutch performing- and mechanical-rights organization collecting royalties for songwriters, composers, and publishers.

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Buma/Stemra is a performing-rights organization (PRO) in Netherlands that collects public-performance royalties on behalf of songwriters, composers, and publishers whenever their compositions are performed publicly — across streaming, radio, television, live venues, and businesses. Like every PRO, it splits each performance royalty into a writer's share and a publisher's share.

If you collect through Buma/Stemra, Notes registers your compositions and publisher data so the performance royalties it collects are matched to you and reconciled alongside the rest of your catalog — with no percentage taken.

At a glance

Buma/Stemra at a glance

Based in
Netherlands
Pays
Quarterly
Territories
Netherlands

How Notes works with this platform

What we do on Buma/Stemra

  • Register. If you're affiliated with Buma/Stemra, Notes registers your compositions and publisher data so the performance royalties Buma/Stemra collects are matched to you.
  • Register. ISRCs, ISWCs, IPI numbers, and split data are submitted to Buma/Stemra so payouts match the correct musician.
  • Collect. Public-performance royalties Buma/Stemra collects for songwriters and publishers are reconciled with the rest of your catalog — no percentage taken.

What you earn here

Royalties Buma/Stemra generates

Buma/Stemra
Distribution Broadcast Publishing Performance
  • Distribution
  • Broadcast
  • Publishing
  • Performance

Buma/Stemra collects these royalties on behalf of rightsholders. Notes registers you so the money it administers actually reaches you — in full, with no percentage taken.

How royalties reach you

The money flow through Buma/Stemra

  1. Your music playsOn Spotify, Apple Music, and other services.
  2. Buma/Stemra collectsBuma/Stemra is the performing rights organization that gathers the royalties those plays generate in Netherlands.
  3. You get paidNotes registers you with Buma/Stemra so the money it collects actually reaches you — in full, with no percentage taken.

Collect everywhere

One song. Collected worldwide. Paid to you.

Your music earns through two layers. The first is distribution — the recording's streaming and download royalties, paid directly by the platforms everywhere they play it: one delivery, collected worldwide, no society involved. The second is society collections, and that's what this map shows — every territory has its own societies gathering what's earned there: performance and mechanical on the composition, plus neighbouring rights on the recording. The highlighted territories are where Notes is registered and collecting now; Notes reconciles both layers and pays it to you, with no percentage taken — and more light up as we sign them.
AndorraUnited Arab EmiratesAlbaniaArmeniaAngolaArgentinaAustriaAustraliaAzerbaijanBosnia and HerzegovinaBarbadosBelgiumBurkina FasoBulgariaBeninBoliviaBrazilBotswanaBelarusCanadaRepublic of the CongoSwitzerlandCôte d'IvoireChileChinaColombiaCosta RicaCubaCabo VerdeCzechiaGermanyDenmarkDominican RepublicAlgeriaEcuadorEstoniaSpainFinlandFranceUnited KingdomGhanaGuineaGreeceGuatemalaHong KongHondurasCroatiaHungaryIndonesiaIrelandIsraelIndiaIcelandItalyJamaicaJapanKenyaSouth KoreaKazakhstanSaint LuciaLesothoLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMoroccoMoldovaMontenegroMadagascarNorth MacedoniaMaliMacauMauritiusMalawiMexicoMalaysiaMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaNetherlandsNorwayNepalNew ZealandPanamaPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalParaguayRomaniaSerbiaRussiaSwedenSingaporeSloveniaSlovakiaSenegalSurinameEl SalvadorThailandTürkiyeTrinidad and TobagoTaiwanTanzaniaUkraineUgandaUnited StatesUruguayVenezuelaVietnamKosovoSouth AfricaZimbabwe
  • Collecting now
  • On the map

What a song earns

  • PerformanceComposition · PROs
  • MechanicalComposition · MROs
  • Neighbouring rightsRecording · societies like SoundExchange
  • Master recordingsPaid directly by DSPs everywhere a song streams — distribution, not a society

The map shades the society-collected layer — the part that differs by territory. Master recordings are paid worldwide through distribution, so they sit outside the map.

Distribution + collectionsMaster worldwide, societies in every territory
Notes reconcilesOne place, no percentage taken
Paid to youThe musician, in full

Collection Sources

Questions musicians ask

Common questions about Buma/Stemra

How do I register with Buma/Stemra?
If you're affiliated with Buma/Stemra, Notes submits your compositions, publisher data, IPI numbers, and splits so the performance royalties it collects are matched to you.
What does Buma/Stemra collect for me?
Buma/Stemra is the performing rights organization (PRO) for its territory — it licenses the public performance and broadcast of your compositions and collects the performance royalties. Notes makes sure you're registered so none of what it collects goes unclaimed.
Does Notes take a percentage?
No. Notes is a flat subscription — the royalties Buma/Stemra collects on your behalf are paid to you in full.
What royalty types does Buma/Stemra collect?
Buma/Stemra collects Performance royalties.
What territories does Buma/Stemra cover?
Buma/Stemra is available in Netherlands.
How often does Buma/Stemra pay royalties?
Buma/Stemra distributes royalties quarterly.
Where is Buma/Stemra based?
Buma/Stemra is based in Netherlands.

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