Each year, dozens of classic songs, movies, and other cultural works reach the 95-year copyright maximum in the U.S., ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like gadgets, and so, at times, my digital detox has verged on technophilic decadence. A few months ...

Among those things being put into the public domain is the iconic official Georgia state song, “Georgia on My Mind.” The song ...