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Who Owns Your Mind’s Creative Work? Who Owned Dolly Parton’s?

Who Owns Your Mind’s Creative Work? Who Owned Dolly Parton’s?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Weddings, funerals, breakups at 2 a.m. — one song always shows up: “I Will Always Love You.” Whitney Houston sent it into the stratosphere. Lorelai Gilmore poured it out on Gilmore Girls. Yet it arose out of Dolly Parton’s soul in 1974, pure emotion turned into melody, lyrics, and musical history. So it’s Dolly’s song, right? It’s hers, she wrote it, she can license it, she can get paid for it. Right? Not according to attorney Stephan Kinsella. His 2025 article, “The Problem with Intellectual Property,” argues that Dolly shouldn’t have any rights to her own song. By that logic, she owns the paperclip holding her sheet music more than she owns the song itself. The movement to abolish your copyright Kinsella is a nationally known lawyer and libertarian writer. His claim: No one owns the creative products of their own mind — not a song, not a painting, not a novel. He puts it bluntly: “that all forms of Intellectual Property should be abolished entirely, not merely reformed; that IP rights are unjust and …

Royals united as they return to work after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s arrival

Royals united as they return to work after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s arrival

Published by Daniella Wilson

© UK Press via Getty ImagesKing Charles and Queen Camilla during The Braemar Gathering 2026 Hello, and welcome to a new week – and to HELLO!‘s live blog! I’m Eleanor, and I’ll be bringing you all the royal family’s news this morning.  It’s a very exciting week for the royals as it’s the first major week back at work after the summer break.  We’re expecting to see Duchess Sophie, Princess Anne, Prince Edward, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, who are visiting the Bayeux Tapestry, after the King and Queen’s visit there last week. Over in Europe, Princess Leonor of Spain has her first day at university, while King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands are starting a multi-day regional tour.   Meanwhile, preparations are continuing for King Harald of Norway’s state funeral on Wednesday. Over the weekend, it was revealed that Prince William will be representing King Charles, who was the late monarch’s second cousin once removed. Princess Anne will also be attending in a personal capacity. Prince Harry and Meghan are …

Samsung Notes’ new AI features work just fine with your finger, and no stylus required

Samsung Notes’ new AI features work just fine with your finger, and no stylus required

Published by skeptic

TheGalaxy Z Fold 8 is my first Galaxy phone ever, so when I opened Samsung Notes a few weeks ago, I had no history with the app and no idea what had just changed with One UI 9: a redaction tool, a new pen style, and, less happily, a dead OneNote sync feature. A week of actually using it later, I get why longtime Samsung people call this an underrated app, and I got there without any of the baggage (or the S Pen) that usually comes with that opinion. Samsung Notes got a Tape feature that hides part of a note until you tap it, and a dotted pen line style. It also lost its Microsoft OneNote sync outright, which Samsung confirms is gone for good with this update, not a bug. None of that fully explains why I ended up using Notes daily this week, though. Mostly, it’s just a great app, with some killer features (some AI, some not) that appeal to this brand-new Galaxy owner, even without the S Pen. What …

The Best Laptop Backpacks for Work, Travel, and Everything Between (2026)

The Best Laptop Backpacks for Work, Travel, and Everything Between (2026)

Published by skeptic

Though I’ve been working from home for the past 15 years, both freelance and full-time, this often means needing to be available 24/7, so I typically carry my laptop everywhere I go—including sports practices, day trips, and vacations. I have used many laptop backpacks in this time, and the dividing line between a work backpack that’s comfortable and fits seamlessly into your daily routine and one that’s aggravating at every turn is a fine one. If you’ve got limited closet space, it also helps if the backpack can pull double duty and be used for travel and/or hiking. The backpacks below are ones either I or another WIRED reviewer have used extensively in real life, taking on planes, hiking trails, vacations, and work trips. For more bag and backpack recommendations, Bag Check features WIRED staffers’ favorite totes, sleeves, and packs. For more portable gear, check out our guides to the Best Wireless Chargers, Best Bluetooth Trackers, and Best Travel Adapters. Updated September 2026: I’ve added the Paramount Daypack Lite 20L and the Navigator Backpack to …

3 Phrases Used By People Who Are Great At Shutting Down Someone They Don’t Like

3 Phrases Used By People Who Are Great At Shutting Down Someone They Don’t Like

Published by Jenni Sidey

Every now and then, a situation arises when you must let someone know you don’t like them and won’t be engaging in a particularly annoying conversation.   According to lawyer Vince Xu, there are a few tactful ways to professionally say “I hate you” while still being profssional.  These three phrases are great for shutting down people you don’t like without burning bridges:  1. ‘We don’t see eye-to-eye and I’m okay keeping it that way’ AlyshaYogi / Shutterstock This phrase makes it clear that you aren’t getting along with the other person, but it’s phrased in a nice and professional manner. It’s direct but not aggressive. It also gives you the opportunity to say that you don’t have any desire to change the relationship and strive for something better. You’re okay with it just as it is. Xu provided an interesting “translation” of this phrase: “I’m not here to bond. I’m here to move on.” In other words, you’ve accepted that the relationship is not what you would like it to be, and it never …

Gen Z Has No Patience For 6 Workplace Norms Older Generations Accept

Gen Z Has No Patience For 6 Workplace Norms Older Generations Accept

Published by Jenni Sidey

While baby boomers, Gen X, and millennials all contributed tremendously in their own ways to important changes in workplace culture, Gen Z is set on taking things much further. Gen Z sees many of the workplace norms that people in older generations simply accepted as the way things are as completely and utterly unacceptable. Because their mental health is so important to them, they usually have no patience for anything that will cause them too much stress or take away from their quality of life, no matter how normal they’re told by their elders those things are supposed to be. Gen Z has basically zero patience for 6 workplace norms older generations accept: 1. Rigid schedules fizkes by Getty Images via canva Rigid schedules are something Gen Z cannot accept at work. A 9-to-5 workday used to be the expectation, so most people in older generations wouldn’t complain about a set schedule like that. Almost every worker back when they were younger simply followed along. But for Gen Z, flexibility is crucially important. They still …

Vietnam Vets File For Restraining Order to Block Work on Trump’s Arch

Vietnam Vets File For Restraining Order to Block Work on Trump’s Arch

Published by Jenni Sidey

A group of Vietnam veterans filed for a temporary restraining order on Friday to stop progress on one of Trump’s projects to alter the landscape of the nation’s capital, a 250-foot triumphal arch.  The plaintiffs are veterans Michael Lemmon, Shaun Byrnes, and Jon Gundersen, along with architectural historian Calder Loth, who are represented by the Public Citizen Litigation Group, of Washington, D.C. They filed their motion for a 14-day restraining order on Friday, after Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wrote on X on Thursday that “excavation work” for the arch would come within two weeks, promising that the arch would be “one of the Great Pieces of American Architecture, honoring the history and significance of Arlington Cemetery and befitting the most powerful Capital in the World.” Related Articles The arch, however, has not received congressional approval. It is slated to go up at Memorial Circle, across the Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, from the Lincoln Memorial. The president debuted a model of the monument in October 2025, telling CBS News that the arch is dedicated to …

Report finds Trump’s labor secretary oversaw hostile work environment : NPR

Report finds Trump’s labor secretary oversaw hostile work environment : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter sent every weekday morning. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who served as President Trump’s Labor Secretary until she resigned in April, violated her own department’s policy prohibiting harassment in the workplace, according to a new report by the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), released Thursday. The findings follow a months-long investigation that began after OIG, led by former Republican Congressman Anthony D’Esposito of New York, received an anonymous complaint. It alleged that Chavez-DeRemer contributed to a hostile work environment, was engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a member of her security detail, failed to comply with travel regulations, and directed subordinates to perform tasks for her personal benefit. The salacious allegations gave rise to quips about “The Real Housewives of the Frances Perkins Building,” referring to the Labor Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. After …

New James Turrell Work Debuts at Superblue Miami

New James Turrell Work Debuts at Superblue Miami

Published by Jenni Sidey

Superblue Miami, an immersive art hub in the city’s Allapattah neighborhood, is celebrating its five-year anniversary with an installation by Light and Space artist James Turrell, Artnet News reports. The piece, titled Blue Sea Sky (2026), marks the artist’s latest installment in his renowned “Ganzfeld” series (1976–). For the last five decades, Turrell has been making works inspired by the ganzfeld effect (German for “complete field”), a phenomenon that flattens depth perception through a uniform or unstructured stimulation field. Inspired by both flying as a pilot since age 16 and an interest in perceptual psychology, the works in Turrell’s ongoing series typically color otherwise ordinary spaces in rich hues. Related Articles The changing colors in Blue Sea Sky draw inspiration from its surroundings, including the blue ocean waters, green palm fronds, orange sunsets, and pink Art Deco neon facades. It replaces another Turrell piece, AKHU (2021), from the same series, which the artist had loaned the museum upon its May 2021 opening. “Blue Sea Sky brings people together in a shared experience of immersion in pure color, pushing the limits of …

Thrilling Doc Puts ‘Body’ in ‘Body of Work’

Thrilling Doc Puts ‘Body’ in ‘Body of Work’

Published by Jenni Sidey

Of all the retrospectives and surveys I’ve seen, most have stimulated my eyes and my mind; a few have even involved using my ears. (There’s a reason what’s presented in museums is often called “visual art,” after all.) But the Leslie-Lohman Museum’s 2018 Barbara Hammer retrospective remains a standout because it demanded more of my body than a typical exhibition.   I’m thinking of Hammer’s 1982 film Pond and Waterfall, which mostly depicts a rippling pond and the submerged plants beneath its surface. At the Leslie-Lohman, the piece was presented alongside a stethoscope that viewers were invited to use. I remember placing it to my chest and hearing my heart thump as Hammer’s camera sucked in green trees and sun-dappled water. It was the first time I’d ever produced my own soundtrack to an artwork.  Related Articles Pond and Waterfall is a wonderful, if underappreciated, work within Hammer’s oeuvre. It contains no nudity or explicit depictions of erotic encounters, both staples of her films of the 1970s, which are now considered landmarks of experimental queer cinema. …