New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out

“It’s an opportunity to breathe new life into these works.”
“I hope people maybe will be energized to do something original with the work, but of course the fear is that there will be some degradation of the text,” Ms. Hazard (arrière petite-fille de F. Scott Fitzgerald) said.
/…/But publishers who specialize in classics see a tremendous opportunity to reintroduce old works. Some have been planning for this moment for decades. » via Jean-Pierre Marquis