I agree that copyright should be shorter in duration, but I think some of your suggestions would be disproportionately harmful to independent artists.<p>Many songwriters rely on their back catalogue - a hit song serves as a pension, earning a steady trickle of royalties from radio play and sync usage. I don&#x27;t see it as morally reasonable that, for example, a decade-old song could be used in a commercial without royalties being paid.<p>Requirements to register and renew would be trivial for large corporate rightsholders, but could be a substantial burden for independent artists, particularly at the beginning of their career.<p>The current situation of indefinite renewal serves nobody but the big publishers, but I think that a copyright term of approximately the life of the creator makes a great deal of sense. I&#x27;d be open to the idea of a shorter duration for works that have been assigned to a corporation. I&#x27;d also be open to the idea of a clearinghouse for orphan works, to ensure that orphan works can be used without unfairly disadvantaging artists.