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It was in Spain too, They changed the "law for Internet" which regulates law enforcement on Internet for spanyards (the LISI law, it was called LSICCE before that) and SGAE, the spanish RIAA asked to be able to close any webpage without a trial or a judge. It was added to a draft and removed after because of the pressure of everybody else.

There is a "google bombing" for sgae: searching for "ladrones" (thieves in spanish) you get the sgae webpage. They make us pay a "canon" for the constitution-sanctioned "private copy" right.

source: http://www.internautas.org/html/4204.html

http://actualidad.terra.es/cultura/articulo/congre so_ley_propiedad_intelectual_941931.htm
http://todoscontraelcanon.es/index.php?body=articl e&id_article=94
http://www.internautas.org/html/3761.html
http://www.internautas.org/html/3767.html
http://www.europapress.es/europa2003/noticia.aspx? cod=20060628144203&tabID=1&ch=71

http://actualidad.terra.es/cultura/articulo/congre so_ley_propiedad_intelectual_941931.htm
http://todoscontraelcanon.es/index.php?body=articl e&id_article=94
http://www.internautas.org/html/3761.html
http://www.internautas.org/html/3767.html
http://www.europapress.es/europa2003/noticia.aspx? cod=20060628144203&tabID=1&ch=71

Oh, but they are!
Several Spanish and European author's associations have asked for a levy to be paid to them every time a public library lends a book. No al préstamo de pago en bibliotecas (in Spanish... sorry, automatic translation is no good here).

Eres un agente de la SGAE o qué? Claro que pidió permiso, incluso se publicó en la agenda oficial de la UPV. Y no insultó a nadie.
Are you a SGAE agent or similar? He did ask permission, it was publissed in the oficial schedule of the UPV. And didnt calumniated anybody.
SGAE == thieves

Honestly, what kind of country allows an entity other than the elected representatives to impose taxes?

Recently, the SGAE (RIAA equivalent in Spain) managed to get a levy imposed on all CD and DVD blank media to pay for Piracy. At the same time, the AntiSGAE (a consummers assotiation) decided to use that newly paid privilege to share their music for free, since it was already paid for. They organized a CD-Crossing event, in which they invited people to copy their music CDs in one of these newly taxed blank discs and leave them in random places all over for anyone to grab and use.

Linky (in Spanish I'm afraid).

Gotta love their logo.

In short, invite people to get your whole music library in their portable MP3 players, since, after all, you're paying for it. Don't charge for it though, that's still illegal.