> I realize it creates a legal quagmire to have abandoned works and I think registration should be required to solve that. I really like the model of every wor

> I realize it creates a legal quagmire to have abandoned works and I think registration should be required to solve that. I really like the model of every work automatically receiving protection. I think creations should automatically receive a relatively short-term automatic copy-right protection (say 14 years). After that, I think extensions should require manual renewals by the current rights holder (including contact information for the rights holder)