"We will never forget the past, but we live in the present, so that we may see the future. Musicians and artists thrive when they collaborate and share," he said.

"I’ve worked with so many young artists – the future – who have sampled my music and succeeded. Upload filters or anything else that restricts this will stop artists from making and creating the future, and I hope MEPs will reject that tomorrow.”

The internet's founder, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is also among the high profile figures who have opposed the law, arguing it cause the web to become a platform for “automated surveillance and control.”

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said that a copyright law would help break up the "duopoly" of Facebook and Google. "YouTube is offering take it or leave it very poor deals to creators," he warned.

Mr Watson called for a single regulator to be granted new powers to deal with market-dominating platforms.

"It's my view that the Government feel unwilling or are unable to deal with their market dominance and we believe that is because they are running rings around legislators and regulators with lawyers and lobbyists and that's why we need a new regime," he said.

One controversial proposal is the introduction of a so-called "link tax" to undercut the revenues of tech giants like YouTube, its parent company Google, and Facebook. If voted through, sites would have to pay to show copyrighted content online, including in hyperlinks and snippets of text.