[Canadian] Music group aims to charge Internet users
"...SOCAN is asking ISPs to pay a blanket annual royalty regardless of whether the ISP is transmitting legal or illegally downloaded music... Consumers could very well see an increase in their Internet costs and they could see a slowdown in the transmission speed of their Internet communications."

But remember, as one Slashdot reader noted, with more than a hint of sarcasm, "the law would be for your protection and to serve the interestes of the people, as all laws must do."

Regardless of how hard you get screwed in the serving. Canadians already pay a blanket tax on tapes, CD-R and any other recordable media, so this precedence could help SOCAN's case. And there's a good chance this ruling could be used as ammo for cases in the US, especially now that the RIAA is practically on par with the FBI in its ability to prosecute and operate outside normal bounds. And the sad part is that I'm hardly exaggerating.