Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Rules

[Ken B]

Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Rules

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/201...

[J.]

Huge. I am e-mailing my agent today. I wonder if there is a possibility of an appeal.

[Drweb]

Saw that.. about time...

[Karl]

The Doyle Estate may still appeal...

[M.R.]

They may, but I don't see them winning. Their claim has already been found to be contrary to the spirit of American copyright law, so they could only possibly appeal for an exception, which I doubt will be granted. Arrogance doesn't score a whole lot of points in court, and that whole bit about copyright law only applying to 'flat' characters elicited a snort of disbelief from this corner of the internet.