Some have proposed even a token renewal fee to fund a registry, or even a postcard registry, which would eliminate the orphaned works problem while limiting the

Some have proposed even a token renewal fee to fund a registry, or even a postcard registry, which would eliminate the orphaned works problem while limiting the impact on publishers. Mostly this doesn't work because of the Berne Convention, which made assumptions about how copyrights should work, then enshrined them in a multilateral treaty, which in turn is implemented in a framework of laws among various signatories, making it all now incredibly difficult to unwind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention