For me the best fix would be to just abolish it entirely. The next best thing would be a short term automatic copyright (e.g. one year after initial publicatio

For me the best fix would be to just abolish it entirely. The next best thing would be a short term automatic copyright (e.g. one year after initial publication) and for extension, registration & increasing tax is required. I would also put some limits on exclusivity. For example, I think non-commercial modding of games should be always legal, even if that includes distributing modified assets and binaries. Ideally after the one-year exclusive period, anyone can sell copies if they pay royalties to copyright holder (royalties inversely proportional to the tax -- so it gets cheaper and cheaper over time). I really hate that right now the main obstacle to making a good movie/game/etc store is the fact that you spend 99% of your effort trying to strike licensing deals and most copyright holders have zero incentive to even respond if you're small time.