Thread: Sherlock Holmes ruled to be (mostly) in the public domain
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Old 12-29-2013, 06:05 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
Most of the Sherlock Holmes stories were published before 1923, making them public domain in the US as well. But the last collection of short stories, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes wasn't published until 1927, meaning that in the US it's still in copyright, and will be until 1st January 2023.
That's if we are lucky. Frankly I have little doubt that studios like Disney will once again start lobbying to extend the copyright law.
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