That sounds more like an implementation/enforcement problem than of the concept of IP.
If [
1) disputes were decided on the merits and
2) costs of dispute resolution were
2.a) deferred until decision-time,
2.b) born by the decided-against party, and
2.c) made the decided-for party whole and then some
], I bet eitherA) an industry would spring up to identify wronged creators and fund defenses of their IP, or
B) industry would just pay to license the copyrighted work.