earlier this week stichting brein announced that they are going to prosecute individuals who offer music for download through file-sharing applications, just as the riaa is already doing in america.
in a reaction popular dutch radio dj rob stenders announced that he is going to publish and broadcast a weekly download top 10, based on figures from Kazaa and mp3sfinder.com. he is of the opinion that donwloading gives people the option to discover new styles and artists, other than the commercial offerings of the big record companies. besides, many people buy an album after having downloaded and listened to some tracks.
