I would fix it by removing it. I haven't once seen copyright being used to protect "the little man" (not saying it never happens, but I'm a bit sinical when it comes to big corps) Why not abolish the idea of copyright and let stories / characters / etc. take their course. At first this will probably cause chaos as people scramble to churn out a metric ton of material that was once locked under copyright but hopefully in the long run this will lead to an increase in overall quality of material as people start to be more critical of the things they consume.