here's an idea (Score 1)

Not having read more than the headline but having followed the copyfight with more than a passing interest, I have an idea which I haven't seen expressed anywhere. That is the biggest problem with copyright isn't anything to do with copyright per se, it is that it is a privelege granted without the compensating responsibilities that go along with it. Make it so that anything out of circulation, that is anything copywritten that cannot be purchased new at a reasonable cost in any five year window reverts the rights to the author/artist who will have a further five year period to find a new publisher/distributer or to make it available in an digital format for non-commercial use. The copyright traders should not be allowed to pick and choose what the public can use. If the industry chooses to abandon their products by not offering them for sale their exclusive rights should go along with it.