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Well, ya know, I like your idea, because you can bet your bottom dollar, no matter how paid off the senators are, if you introduce that kind of potential income to them, they'll jump all over it like a twister in a trailer park.
And speaking of the patent system (just to jump off topic briefly), do you guys realize why nobody is fixing the currently busted patent system? Because the patent system as it stands, and the copyright system to some degree, is raking in so much money in its current form that it makes up about 3.2% of the federal budget? Uh, yeah. There's no way in hell they're going to fix the system so long as they're raking in cash like that.
The only way copyright, or any other government system of non-physical property management will ever be fixed, is to ensure that either A) your "fixed" system ensures the government at least the same insane cash flow as before (yes, even the gov is into cash cows), or B) you come up with a new revenue source or system to replace the current one. Of course if you do plan B, you'll need to ensure that they can't employ both at the same time (ie, create an either/or situation) or else they'll merely coopt the new plan into their already busted system and you'll be no better off in the end.
And no, I'm not a legal expert, but after fighting over copyright and patent law in the Linux/FOSS community for the past 15 years, I've gotten pretty good at understanding what's broke and how to fix it as far as legal stuff goes.
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