Then there are a number of exceptions where blanket permission to copy is granted in return for some financial compensation for the creators.
Where all of this goes wrong is that there is not a clear legal framework how creators should receive money and especially how much they should get.
As somebody buying blank media, how the creators are compensated is not really an issue, but the total amount of money that gets collected is.
In particular, the money is meant to compensate for legal copies under the relavant section of the copyright law.
For example, essentially nobody makes legal copies of copyrighted material to DVD-R. You cannot legally copy DVDs, so the money should compensate for music files, analog video tapes, televsion, scans of paper books, etc. That happens so little that there should not be an additional tax in DVD-R
Why are you meant to compensate anybody for your rights? Why not compensate potential robbers for outlawing robberies then? They could be more rich and happy if the law didn't acknowledge your right for physical safety and private property protection.