As long as copyright is legally limited in length, powerful companies will fight to get the time increased.
What about a system where you have to register for copyright (or maybe allow a 5 year unregistered default) and you can renew it indefinitely, but every time you renew the price doubles?
For example start with $1 and have a 3 year renewal period.
Disney could pay $2 billion for their 100 year renewal of Mickey Mouse, they will be happy and virtually anything else would go out of copyright within a decade or 2.
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As long as copyright is legally limited in length, powerful companies will fight to get the time increased.
What about a system where you have to register for copyright (or maybe allow a 5 year unregistered default) and you can renew it indefinitely, but every time you renew the price doubles?
For example start with $1 and have a 3 year renewal period.
Disney could pay $2 billion for their 100 year renewal of Mickey Mouse, they will be happy and virtually anything else would go out of copyright within a decade or 2.