> having to register a work after x years (20 ?) to protect it longer I wouldn't be in favor of that because every company would just do so and we'd be in a po

> having to register a work after x years (20 ?) to protect it longer I wouldn't be in favor of that because every company would just do so and we'd be in a position not dissimilar from today, but if this is what we can get everyone behind as a first step, then I'm agreed. Anything shorter than the current system (indeed 70 years after the author's death) makes more sense than the current system.