UK to tackle online music piracy

Britain's six biggest Internet providers have agreed a plan to tackle piracy within the music and film industries, pledging to send warning letters to users suspected of illegal file-sharing.

But the plan in its current form falls short of requests by music trade bodies which had called for Internet service providers to disconnect those who repeatedly download music illegally.

Under the plan drawn up by the government, Virgin Media, BSkyB, Carphone Warehouse, BT, Orange and Tiscali have agreed to work towards a "significant reduction" in the illegal sharing of content.