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UK's leading ISPs are expected to join a scheme to tackle Internet piracy Prolific downloaders will be sent letters warning them they are being watched Move upsets liberties campaigners (CNN) -- Britain's leading online service providers are Thursday expected to join a government--backed scheme to tackle the illegal downloading of music and films, despite concerns it could curb the freedoms of Internet users. The record industry has long grappled with how to wrest back control of digital music. The scheme is aimed at an estimated 6.5 million Britons who have downloaded files illegally over the past year, a practice the music industry says could cost it $2 billion over the next five years, according to the UK Press Association. Under the new measures, the most prolific downloaders will be sent letters to inform them that their... [read full story]
