Sounds a little like a "tax" to me! LOL! If payments are made to Producers (and engineers) won't the proceeds from the sale of each song then go to that portion allocated to the Producer, et al... and still come out of the "pot" that contains all the money the song earns from sales? I'm asking because this is a new scheme and usually, new schemes are intended to rob Peter (the Song-writer) in order to pay Paul (the Producer, Engineer, Janitor... etc, etc, etc.) LOL!

What a world! Song-writers always seem to "pull the train." This is bound to effect the existing world-wide agreements between Nations. The "little guy" really doesn't have a chance in this rigged system.