Thread: Should unfinished posthumous novels be published?
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Old 04-26-2011, 04:41 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by carld View Post
There's no legal quagmire in that scenario. All those stories and characters are in the public domain, and anyone is free to use them. Doyle's estate has no say-so in the matter.
correct. its only in viable copyright cases (i.e. Ann Rice or JK Rowling) that you'd have an issue.
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