kanzler opened this issue on Apr 10, 2008 · 49 posts
impish posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 5:11 AM
There are several systems in the UK - the first one is operated by libraries and pays money from the pot it collects to authors. Its been running since the 1850s* so it's got quite a good track record. As far as I know it is pretty efficient in terms of cost to money raised. The amount a single author can receive is capped and has a minimum amount too. Even if you get the maximum it alone would barely provide a basic income.