The music industry wants to tax you each year for using the Internet in an effort to stop piracy, according to a British newspaper report. Sounds fair, huh?

Six of the UK's biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online. The deal, negotiated by the government, will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent to net users suspected of illegally sharing music.

Tom Young, Computing , Thursday 24 July 2008 at 11:39:00 ISPs will send letters to illegal downloaders The music industry and internet services providers (ISPs) have come to an agreement over a policy to tackle illegal downloading....

Internet service providers (ISPs) and the music industry have reached an agreement to clamp down on illegal downloads.

Internet service providers have struck a deal with government and the music industry to help clamp down on illegal downloading. By Mark Sweney

MOVES ARE AFOOT to force UK Internet service providers to become the latest poodle of the all-powerful music industry.

Internet service providers have struck a deal with government and the music industry to help clamp down on illegal downloading. The deal, to be announced later today, is thought to include an agreement for ISPs to send out hundreds of thousands of letters to account holders responsible for illegal downloading. The memorandum of understanding, struck with the BPI, the body that represents ...

BRITAIN - Internet users could face an annual charge of up to 30 pounds (NZ$80) to download music, under plans to be unveiled today that aim to tackle illegal file-sharing.

The extermination plans have been finalised - six of the UK's largest ISPs have agreed to crack down on music piracy by, er, sending out some letters.

British parents who don't know what their kids are downloading on the family computer may want to start paying more attention, thanks to a new antipiracy agreement among the six largest Internet service providers in the United Kingdom. The U.S. music industry will no doubt track developments in the UK.