‘Tidy up the ship’: Calls for new inquiry into Buma

KleanMusiK, an organisation that assists songwriters in disputes with PROs, has drawn up a petition it intends to present at Buma/Stemra's 30 October AGM

Buma's offices are at 28 Siriusdreef 22 in Hoofddorp © screengrab via Google Street View

A coalition of musicians, songwriters, lawyers and accountants have called for further investigation into the accounts of embattled Dutch performance rights organisation (PRO) Buma/Stemra, in order to “heal the wounds” left by years of alleged financial mismanagement.

Buma/Stemra CEO Wim van Limpt in August announced a slate of reforms he said would transform the PRO into a more “market-oriented, viable and transparent organisation” after law firm NautaDutilh discovered €6m of irregularities in its 2015–16 books.

That, however, doesn’t go…

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