Last month’s decision by Canada’s broadcast regulator mandating that streaming providers like Spotify and Apple Music pay taxes into a legacy broadcasting fund is based on pre-internet thinking that rewards old firms while discouraging investment in new innovation, the country’s recording industry association says.

Music Canada CEO Patrick Rogers said he had hoped new rules were going to focus less on industry policy and more on Canadian artists, but he said last month’s decision does little but prop up outdated aspects of Canada’s broadcasting industry — particularly that nearly half of the taxes collected will support terrestrial radio broadcasters.