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by account42 6 days ago
> Also there are other systems that might protect an author's financials. Off the top of my head I imagine you could do a netflix model where every citizen pays some taxes to consume intellectual property like a utility. Then the goverment finds a way to measure what is being consumed and gives each author a share based on the rate of consumption.

We already have these - CD taxes, government grants funded by general taxes, GEMA in Germany, even TV licenses.

They all universally suck and are extremely unfair in who gets paid by them.