Copyright formalities: A return to registration?

Is There an Actual Need of Registration? Reflections on Free Formality Principle

“…The recorded information and updating it every time there is a transfer of rights, helps keeping track of who the actual right holder is: the author, the publisher, an heir. Accessible ownership information improves the security of title and facilitates the transfer of proprietary which makes for a more efficient marketplace (Gangjee, 2016).…”

“…The increasing number of orphan works came as the result of FFP and it has created a situation of uncertainty. The existence of orphan works, given the growing appetite for the reuse of the content online, impedes it, (Gangjee, 2016) because there is always hesitation from researchers or producers to use them, because they are afraid of the risk for liability for copyright infringement (Ikonomi, 2018). Registration of the works means to dry the largest source of creating orphan works.…”

“…The authenticity and the reliable information regarding the ownership of copyrights, meaning that better quality information regarding ownership is clearly in public interest. The accurate date and accessible information on protected works would enable an exact prediction of the time the work will enter the public domain (Gangjee, 2016), making possible wide use and with less costs of the work. 8) creating the biggest, unique kind of "Noah's Ark" for all genres of works.…”