Supreme Court disinterest leaves Sherlock Holmes firmly in the public domain

jandrese November 4, 2014, 5:52pm 7

Yes, but it was 23 years ago… I was really hoping you wouldn’t have to dig so far back into history to find another sensible copyright ruling.

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