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So, did you hear the Sherlock Holms copyright has expired?

AdemnusAdemnus Posts: 744
edited December 1969 in Product Suggestions

Imagine the classic characters, the clothes, 221B baker street, carriages, cobblestone city, murder most foul!

Tell me you guys are going to do this ;p

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  • KhoryKhory Posts: 3,854
    edited December 1969

    I was reading about this the other day. If I recall correctly only the early works have lost copyrite. I wonder how that works out as far as the representation of a fictional character only described in text?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,753
    edited December 1969

    I'd thought the basic copyright had long since expired, judging by the number of pastiches using the Holmes name. As far as I am aware once one story with a character is out of copyright the character is usable, though later stories may still be protected (if, for example, they are published for the first time after the author's death). Trade marks can also be an issue with some characters, however, and those don't expire as long as they are defended.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited June 2014

    AFAIK 221b Baker Street is still there.

    http://www.secretworldonline.com/symonjerycho/Travelogues/070217-20-AbbeyRoadAndLondon/ImageFiles/DSC06329.JPG

    or it certainly was the last time I walked along Baker Street.

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  • ByrdieByrdie Posts: 1,783
    edited December 1969

    SH has been public domain -- except I think for one book -- since sometime in the '90s here in Canada. Maybe other countries too, I think the U.S. was where that last book was still copyright because the wife of the guy who produced the 1950s TV series and a descendant of Doyle's were both claiming to own it. Or something like that. You can probably find all the details if you Google it, sorry I can't recall the article's URL at the moment.

    Sherlock Holmes in Daz/Poser? Oh yeah! My "Crossdressing Detective/Consulting Mage" is a Sherlock AU I came up with ages ago but didn't do anything with until I found out the Canon had gone public property so it was okay to mess around with. But I am still not sure whether or not it would get classed as Fan Work, after all I didn't invent Holmes, Watson, etc. just my particular versions of them and am giving them a whole new set of mysterious, magical and sexy adventures. And they are most certainly not based on any of the movies, TV shows or actors so I probably don't have to worry about C&D notices on that front either.

    Of course, that probably also means I do have to worry about it "not being Sherlock Holmes" enough for some people. Especially the Purists. :sigh: Guess you can't please everyone, now can you?

  • 3dLux3dLux Posts: 1,231
    edited December 1969

    Would love to see some Sherlock Holmes-orientated products, particularly an Inverness cape/Ulster coat (or maybe one that can morph into the other) and Watson's service revolver (something like the Webley Army Express .455) :)

    Did an SH render and had to kit-bash the Ulster coat and used a Colt 1851 Navy revolver for Watson because there's a dearth of vintage English revolvers :-S

    Come Watson, come! The game's afoot

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  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,222
    edited June 2014

    Speaking of classic works not copyrighted that would be a great theme for DAZ figures is "Dr Doolittle" https://archive.org/details/storyofdoctordol00loft
    I think I am going to make a stab at the Snail Houseboat, however what made me think of it was the floating island... Saw "Life of Pi" the other day and that and triggered modeling Dr Doolittle theme.

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