If I’ve registered my work with the copyright office, why do I need to register with c-registry.us? To be found? By whom? How do I know that a “user” will search c-registry.us? Won’t there be another entrepreneur down the road with a similar service? Worse: will there be more than one? Will I have to register with ALL OF THEM as there’s no predicting where a “user” will turn to search for an orphaned work? Where does this end?

I’d like all creative groups (ASMP, APA, NPPA, EP, PPA, RIAA, ASCAP, SAG, UAW, Patent Holders Anonymous, etc, et al) to get together to oppose the passage of any orphaned works legislation that is proposed. THAT’S THE SOLUTION!

US copyright law has sufficient remedies to deal with infringers. Let’s educate the users, then hold them accountable for their actions under current law rather than create a way to let them off the hook.

Remember, it’s illegal to speed through a school zone. Maybe I’ll open a school zone registry and get them all to sign-up so a driver can search where he’s prohibited from exceeding the 15 MPH limit before s/he drives.