The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 29, 2011 by Marc Parry
http://chronicle.com/article/Out-of-Fear-Institutions-Lock/127701/
The system hinges on a collecting society that would negotiate licenses for works owned by both members and nonmembers. Unclaimed money from out-of-print books could be set aside for “a period of years,” Ms. Samuelson suggests. If efforts to find owners during that time were unsuccessful, she writes, “the works should be designated orphans and made available on an open-access basis.”