For those interested in copyright issues (who of us are not???) here's a great article from the New York Times about the muddled history of the copyrights on "Sherlock Holmes":
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/books/19sherlock.html
Guaranteed to leave you angry at the "Copyright Lords" once again....
Where's balance? Where's reason? Where's Waldo? (Oops, got carried away...)