Winner 2026
EeStairs – Twisted Passion
Guido Maat
Advertising
Administered by CPI
Buma Music in Media ↗Our story
Founded in 2000 by Edith Severs, CPI is women-founded and women-led, independent then, independent now.
Edith gained her experience at, among others, Buma/Stemra and Zomba Music Group, representing artists like the Backstreet Boys, Iron Maiden, John Lee Hooker and Britney Spears, the roots of CPI's international outlook and network. In the early years, CPI also built the publishing catalogue for Massive Music.
Today, Edith co-leads CPI with Sascha van Verseveld, General Manager and architect of our royalty platform Royalty Power. Together they run a company that protects rights, empowers creators and unlocks the full potential of every catalogue.
The team
Small team, long relationships. The person who picks up your catalogue is the person you keep talking to.
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Edith Severs
Founder
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Sascha van Verseveld
General Manager
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Arno van Berkel
New Business
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Berend Swennen
Music Rights Administrator
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Semm-Kartjé de Ruijter
Music Rights Administrator & Royalty Coordinator
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Thijs Verdegaal
All-round Creative
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Emilia Ernestina
Legal Counsel & Music Rights Administrator
Independent
An independent music publisher: no group targets decide whose catalogue gets attention this quarter, the only thing that decides is what your music is actually earning, and what it should be earning instead.
In-house legal
We manage copyrights, collect neighbouring rights, handle sync and licensing, and give legal advice from our own in-house team. Nothing is outsourced, which is why an answer takes days rather than weeks.
Global reach, personal service
Clients have described us as pitbulls. We take it as a compliment. Royalties go missing quietly: a work registered in one territory but not the next, a recording credited to the wrong performer, a distribution that simply never arrives. Finding those is the job.
Recognition
Award-winning media music
Works we publish or administer, at the Buma Music in Media Awards.
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Winner 2023
Better Time Stories (Spotify)
Joshua Petit, Mari Koning, Jelle Hoebee (Soundsright)
Advertising
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Winner 2022
De Panter
Renger Koning
Best Original Composition: Experience
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Winner 2021
Eredivisie – #OnetoWatch (FC Afkicken)
Justin Welgraven (by RAVEN), Wouter van den Bogaard (Major Fifth)
Best Podcast and Radio Imaging
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Winner 2020
Terreur
Reinder van Zalk (Earforce)
Best Original Composition in Trailers
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Winner 2019
Nederlandse Loterij – Toto ‘Koning Toto’
Darre van Dijk
Best Original Composition in Advertising
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Winner 2016
Buma Filmmuziek Award
Renger Koning
Film Music Award
Buma Awards
Also nominated
- 2023 Hotel Wonderland Renger Koning Experience
- 2022 Ferry (Netflix) Joshua Petit, Mari Koning (Soundsright) Best Original Composition in Trailers
- 2020 Discovery Channel ‘Wanted’ brand movie Ad van Dongen (Big Orange) Best Podcast, Radio and Television Imaging
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Let's work together
Tell us what you have made. We will tell you what it should be earning.