Buma/Stemra, which, among other fees int for the dissemination of music, under the supervision of a new ‘superautoriteit”, says D66 mp Kees Verhoeven. Currently would be the supervision according to the party are limited.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation is currently working on a merger of the NMa, the OPTA and the consumer protection authority. Verhoeven wants the new authority, the authority Consumer and Market, supervision of Buma/Stemra. The current NMa has, according to the politician, not about the appropriate means to form an opinion about the height of the tariffs of the collecting society, he said in an interview with the Volkskrant.
The association for composers, lyricists and music publishers, currently under the supervision of a college that is six times a year. Verhoeven thinks that’s way too little, and mentions the college ‘a toothless tiger’. The college would be due to the small number of meetings, insufficient monitoring of large organizations such as Buma/Stemra.
With the plan expected to Verhoeven that better control comes at the Buma-rates for the users of music, such as radio stations and websites. Thus, the OPTA experience with the check of rates for markets where the competition could be jeopardised, such as in the telecom sector.