Google already has advocated for orphan works legislation. You can search for David Drummond's arguments on Google. The settlement was entirely consistent with

Google already has advocated for orphan works legislation. You can search for David Drummond's arguments on Google. The settlement was entirely consistent with Google's previous statements regarding legislation. As for your "orphan computer" analogy, in fact, there _are_ abandoned property laws that give the owner a reasonable opportunity to make claims to the property. In my state, you're supposed to bring property to the police station, and if no one claims it for a few months, it's yours. The proposed nonprofit registry was supposed to be similar for intellectual property.