Even a system which has a short initial term but allows copyright to be extended indefinitely - for a fee, if you care - would work better than what we have now

Even a system which has a short initial term but allows copyright to be extended indefinitely - for a fee, if you care - would work better than what we have now. Then Disney could keep their Micky Mouse copyright but we wouldn't have this ridiculous orphaned work situation where almost every minor work from the past century is untouchable.