At this point perhaps countries should opt out of the Berne Convention [1] and limit copyright to something like 20-30 years after creation.
If you can't recoup your costs after a couple of decades your work either isn't worth anything commercially and/or you are incompetent in business. Regardless of which, society would probably be better served if you were out of the way and the work could be leverage by others.
If you can't recoup your costs after a couple of decades your work either isn't worth anything commercially and/or you are incompetent in business. Regardless of which, society would probably be better served if you were out of the way and the work could be leverage by others.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention