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Originally Posted by Fluribus
At some point copyright length provides no motivation for anybody.
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It does if you're Disney.
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The program briefly mentioned the difficulty of finding many rights holders. What about a work that was unjustly ignored, faded into obscurity, should be resurrected but the current rights holder can't be found.
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Change the laws. If a rights holder can't be found, then publish intent to use said work in a federal register. If the rights holder doesn't come forward within three years, then said work goes into public domain and can be freely used by anyone. The time frame is negotiable.
Even though I'm in favor of "forever" copyright, I'm also in favor of liberating orphan works. I have no desire to see these works languish in obscurity.