Holmes lawsuit rules he has "multiple personalities"
In one of the nuttier court cases in recent memory, a Illinois judge ruled that the characters of EARLY Sherlock Homes stories are in public domain. The Conan Doyle estate basically said you can't...
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This case makes no sense at all to me. Either a fictional character is copyrighted or it isn't.
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The sense that I make of the ruling is that it comes down to the idea/expression divide and just what copyright applies to when it comes to characters. The ruling is basically that protection on a...
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I think it's like how TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS is public domain, so anyone can use the character of "Harry Flashman"; but George MacDonald Fraser's " Flashman" books, although derived FROM that...
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