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The Case of the Curious Copyrights

Complexity in US copyright law is bad enough. Compound it with territorial application by each nation, and it becomes nightmarish.

There are occasional efforts to make copyright laws match across countries, but (a) the motivations behind copyright in each country vary, and (b) the efforts are almost always driven by Big Media to maximize copyright (profit) globally.

Bottom line here, in the US the Sherlock Holmes stories are public domain. Sorta. Well, mostly. But possibly not entirely. Not for a while yet. Until things change again. Clear now?

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Public Domain
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Gary Roth says:

Mon 18-Mar-13 10:23pm at 10:23pm

And that's why copyright lawyers make a bloody fortune.

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Scott Randel says:

Mon 18-Mar-13 10:23pm at 10:23pm

NPR's On the Media covered copyright issues in their latest episode, "The Past, Present, and Future of Ownership." You can get the podcast here:

http://www.onthemedia.org/2013/mar/08/?utm_source=local&utm_media=treatment&utm_campaign=daMost&utm_content=damostviewed

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