Illegal downloaders of music, films, games and TV shows should be banned from the internet, according to an alliance of creative industries.
The group, which includes music body the British Phonographic Industry, is calling on internet service providers (ISPs) to take away the internet connection of persistent illegal downloaders.
The government is also concerned and has set a target of cutting illegal downloading by between 70 and 80 per cent within three years.
If ISPs heed the industry's call it could have dire consequences for many young people. According to a latest poll by BBC's Newsround, just under a third of young people who answered admitted to being an illegal downloader.
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