Thread: Sherlock Holmes ruled to be (mostly) in the public domain
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Old 12-30-2013, 08:42 AM   #30
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by DrNefario View Post
And where would Disney be if those fairy tales hadn't been public domain?
Making more Toy Stories and Finding Nemos...
Less Herculeses and Tarzans...
(In Disney's case, it came down to a Licensed John Carter in preproduction and the PD Snow White. In a better alternate earth, he went with the former. )

I don't favor eternal copyright but I favor mashups and money-grubbing copies and reinterpretations even less. There is a line between inspiration/homage and ripoff and I prefer creators and "creators" steer well clear of it.
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