Collective copyright management organizations such as Copibec and Access pay royalties when the artistic content is used in academic settings, including reproduction and classroom presentation of the work. The royalties are minimal. In Quebec, they represent around $300,000 to $350,000 a year. That may not seem like much, but it makes a big difference to a struggling artist when they receive a $400 cheque right before Christmas. What's more, Quebec offers a tax credit on copyright income, which, by the way, the federal government should also do. So there are benefits.
The rest of the income comes from visitor fees at museums, artist-run centres and exhibit galleries. This represents a much larger amount—although still not enough—for the right to exhibit a work of art in a public place, other than for the purpose of selling or leasing it. There are also reproduction rights, in order to reproduce a work of art for marketing purposes, whether commercial or not, for catalogues or for the Internet, among other things. So royalties should be paid for these activities, and some are.