I think we are now in a position where a re-examination of copyright law needs to take place. If the current law cannot allow for orphan works to be used through some process (what we have now is a Catch-22), then these works aren’t benefiting anyone.
Here is a news article on the topic; here is the court opinion (pdf).
side note: I would worry about congress revisiting copyright law, too. I suspect that the major media corporations would make it their top priority to shift the law in their favor, which might do much more harm than good. (My own opinion…).
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