A tax on internet connectivity to fund creators of intellectual goods sounds like an awful idea to me. Who qualifies as a "creator of intellectual goods"? Do you have to register for that? Can you have another job as well? How is popularity measured, especially where multiple works by the same person are involved? Multiple contributors to the same work, with varying degrees of input? You can assume that the number of "creators of intellectual goods" will be inflated. Is there really going to be enough money from a Internet connectivity tax to supply the living of all the artists who "deserve" it?

It sounds like a nightmare to implement, which means it would almost certainly be implemented horribly. That alone, disregarding any theoretical merits, should rule it out as a viable idea.