Netherlands · Performance + mechanical
BumaStemra
EU/UK 3-yrOfficial policy only
What counts as black box here
Most royalties are distributed within 9 months after the collection year. Money for unknown music is set aside while investigated and not used by the society meanwhile.
Mini box
Lit: compartments used and exit chute(s).
01
Its rules
Governed by EU/UK collective-management law: unpaid money must be identified, reported and eventually redistributed within set deadlines.
- Rights it handles
- Performance + mechanical
- Holds a pool?
- Yes
- Evidence level
- Official policy only
02
How it distributes money
How often matched money is paid out, and how members can find what's theirs.
- Payment cadence
- Mostly ≤9 months after collection year
- Data maturity tier
- Not tiered
03
How it handles unresolved royalties
How long money waits, when the clock starts, and where it goes if nobody claims it.
- Holding clock
- 3 yrs (exceptionally 5)
- Clock starts
- End of collection year
- Exit chute
- Allocated to rightsholders via a representative allocation key
- Late claims after expiry
- Not publicly disclosed
Lifecycle path
- 1
Distribute
Most royalties
≤9 months
- 2
Set aside
Unknown music investigated
- 3
Expire
End of hold
3 yrs (exceptionally 5)
- 4
Allocate
Representative allocation key
Published figures
No balance publicly disclosed (not the same as zero)