I&#x27;ve addressed that in a few articles, posts, and comments, though nothing particularly comprehensive.<p>One option would be similar to how performance rights organisations (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Performance_rights_organisation" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Performance_rights_organisatio...</a>) operate in music and broadcast based on mechanical copyrights.<p>Another option would be to identify <i>who</i> the most valuable authors, reporters, composers, performers are, and provide a stable annualised income based on this and related elements.<p>In the UK, broadcast taxes are paid to the BBC, which funds creatives.<p>The <i>details</i> of how specifically individuals are paid isn&#x27;t so important <i>as the fact that they are</i>, in a manner sufficient to provide the information and media necessary for a vibrant culture and society, as well as polity.<p>If you look at Adam Smith&#x27;s discussion of compensation for labour, he comes up with a fivefold set of factors, on top of the basic fundamental imperative that wages be sufficient to live on and raise a family.<p>Somewhere in there lurks at least one successful formula, I&#x27;d suspect.<p>(I&#x27;ll see if I can&#x27;t find some relevant links.)