Stephen Carter’s upcoming Digital Britain report will force ISPs to give content owners info on illegal downloaders, will propose a part-public broadcaster to rival the BBC, and will recommend BBC Worldwide be freed from its regulatory shackles to become a “British rights company on the global stage”, according to a draft FT.com says it’s obtained.

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And paidContent:UK understands that the latest report in Ofcom’s long-running PSB review will be published in the middle of next week.

—P2P: Under rules being considered, ISPs would be obliged to inform customers downloading or file-sharing illegally that they are breaking the law and then must hand over usage data to music labels, film companies and rights holders. The rules, which amount to an online code of conduct, would be governed by Ofcom and organised by a new body, the Rights Agency, which would be paid for jointly by ISPs and rights holders. It gives something of a regulatory stamp and some legal muscle to the “memorandum of understanding” between ISPs and the govermment which saw thousands of warning letters sent to repeat piracy offenders. More after the jump…