[Mxsmanic]

PStamler writes:

That doesn't mean it's okay to exploit a musician or composer by
publishing their (recently created) work without compensation. The
copyright laws could use reforming, for sure; I'd like to see a
provision, for example, where a copyright purchased by, say, a label,
reverts to the author or artist after a certain period if the label
doesn't publish the material. That's a reform that makes sense to me,
as would shortening the term of copyright.

I can think of two good ideas: (1) make the term of copyright 14 years again,
non-renewable; and (2) make it illegal to transfer any copyrights to
anyone--the author keeps the copyrights until they expire (this is already
true for "moral rights," where they exist, but not commercial rights).