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Whether the system is handled by a government or organization or not, the problem you're going to have is convincing people to pay after they already have the work. That system becomes entirely voluntary, and that means plenty of people who simply won't bother. It's already been demonstrated that incredible amounts of loss are accrued by any such system.
(And we've talked around here about the idea that an author is no worse off if he doesn't get paid for an e-book... I personally don't agree: If someone's obtained the author's work, and the author has not been properly compensated for it, I see them as worse off.)
For such a system to work, it must be understood that everybody pays to get their book. Otherwise, people will dodge the system to get the book elsewhere, and avoid paying.
So, you need a system that requires payment before you get the book, or before you have permission to copy the work. At the very least, that means systems designed to prevent your producing/copying the work, until you get an authorization releasing whatever production/copying systems you are using. Or, a place to do the work for you, with 100% control over said equipment, and again not producing until they have your payment... and not before.
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