Canadian Copyright Levy Group Wants New iPod Tax
Found on Techdirt on Monday, 14 September 2009
CPCC claims that its brought in over $150 million from the blank CD levy, and handed it out to 97,000 rights holders "most of whom would not be able to continue their careers without this revenue."
At $150 million over ten years for 97,000 rights holders, you're talking about $160 per year on average.
I think it's safe to conclude that "most" of the 97,000 rightsholders aren't relying on CPCC money for any kind of career.
The article also mentions that out of those $150 million, about $22 million were used for various actions, such as lawyers and surveys, so not going to the artists. Not to mention that over $1.2 million were used for bribery; oh wait, they called it "communications and government relations".