Internet users could face an annual accuse of up to �30 to download music, under plans to be unveiled today that aim to tackle illegal file-sharing.
Ministers are backing proposals that would enable millions of broadband users
to pay an yearly levy which would set aside them to copy as much � previously
illegal � music from the internet as they precious. The money raised would be
channelled back to the rights-holders, with artists responsible for the near
popular songs receiving a bigger slice of the cash.
John Hutton, the Business Secretary, and Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary,
will unveil a package of proposals, beginning with thousands of prolific
downloaders receiving letters warning them they are breaking the law by
