The UK's Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) are launching a green paper which according to press reports will suggest that internet users in the UK who illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut off (similar to the recently announced French scheme).

The UK's Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) are launching a green paper which according to press reports will suggest that internet users in the UK who illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut off (similar to the recently announced French scheme).

Internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material. The government stresses that the plans, which appear to have been leaked, are at an early stage and that it is still working on final proposals. Other plans to be announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and new DCMS Secretary of State Andy Burnham will include a new £200million national film centre as well as 19 other schemes intended to turn the UK into the world's 'creative hub' - a new global arts conference and a new digital media college, 1000 creative apprentices, guaranteed culture time for children, a permanent home for London Fashion Week as well as protection of live venues in London and elsewhere.