public domain holmes
Is Sherlock Holmes in the public domain?Can anybody write, film, illustrate, publish new stories or adapt Doyle's classic tales without copyright infringement or licence?I know that Dracula and...
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It's a bit complicated, but the simple answer is that Holmes is Public Domain pretty much everywhere in the world except the United States.Best info on the situation can be found via...
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The producers of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION had believed the character was in the public domain when they had Data act as Holmes and accidentally create Moriarty in the holodeck. They found out...
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sirharryflashman wrote: It's a bit complicated, but the simple answer is that Holmes is Public Domain pretty much everywhere in the world except the United States.Best info on the situation can be...
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It is not entirely true for them to say that the Case-Book is in copyright in the US. "Mazarin Stone" and "Thor Bridge" were originally published in 1921 and 1922 respectively, and have entered the...
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I did say it was a bit more complicated...and apologize for the somewhat misleading oversimplification. Yes, derivative works featuring the character or elements from anything but the remaining...
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sirharryflashman wrote: I did say it was a bit more complicated...and yes, derivative works featuring the character or elements from anything but the remaining copyrighted CASEBOOK stories are, as I...
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Thanks for the info!So if I want to adapt Doyle's stories in comics I don't have to clear any copyrights?I'll just have to leave the case book out? Too bad because my favorite stories are there!
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That does not mean you won't get a cease & desist letter from the Conan Doyle estate (or the Sheldon Reynolds people), who will claim you are infringing ontheir rights. Be forwarned. I'd suggest...
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I guess it's as you guys said, it's much more complicated than it seems.Here's an interesting article.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/books/19sherlock.html?_r=1&pagewanted=allGuess I'll abandon...
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pat006 wrote:I guess it's as you guys said, it's much more complicated than it seems.Here's an interesting article.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/books/19sherlock.html?_r=1&pagewanted=allGuess...
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Sherlock Holmes stories and comic books have been frequently done with no permission by any alleged copyright holders.
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But generally because the copyright holders just didn't bother with them.
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The CHFB's own Video-Cellar has his own collection over at Archive.org and has recently added a variety of Holmesian doodads, including cartoons, TV, silents, even a marionette film. Worth a...
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Ah, I remember first seeing those on a vhs tape made available via Video Yesteryear in the 1980s called, I think, Sherlock Holmes: The Early Years.
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Woody Wise of Discount Video Tapes used to have a similar compilation or two.
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