Sherlock Holmes: 'A study in copyright'
"It's a bogus argument. It means you can reprint Conan Doyle's own stories freely but you can't make up a new story? It doesn't make logical sense," said author Leslie Klinger, who brought the case against the Conan Doyle Estate Ltd. to settle the matter. With last week's ruling in hand, Klinger plans to finish work on "In the Company of Sherlock Holmes," a book of original short stories featuring characters and other elements from Conan Doyle's work. He is coediting the book with plans to publish this fall. If appeals judges hold it up, the ruling could lift the threat of legal action for the untold scores of writers out there churning out pastiches and fan fiction without permission. "Whatever decision they make will essentially determine the fate of many characters, not just Sherlock Holmes and Dr. "At the very least it's going to affect the bargaining power as to what the estate can do in trying to sell it to the studio," Supnik said.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste.[1] He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. Life and career[edit] Early life[edit] Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.[2][3] His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was born in England of Irish Catholic descent, and his mother, Mary (née Foley), was Irish Catholic. Doyle's father died in 1893, in the Crichton Royal, Dumfries, after many years of psychiatric illness.[13][14] Name[edit] Writing career[edit]
Do you really LOVE copyright? A Katcontest for younger copyright enthusiasts
This Kat will be speaking at the forthcoming Copyright and Technology Conference, that will be held in London on 17 October 2013. The organisers have just informed her that she can invite one lucky person to attend the conference for free, instead of having to pay the £249 registration fee. Mindful of the fact that younger copyright enthusiasts with limited financial support from their own organisations might find ... let's just say "challenging" to attend these sorts of events, this Kat has decided to donate her own complimentary ticket to the creative soul who will complete the following stanza in the most original (not just for the sake of copyright protection!) and amusing (at least according to peculiarly feline sense of humour) way: Roses are red, Violets are blue, Copyright is ... This is not the only good news. This means that two lucky copyright enthusiasts will be able to attend this great event. Good luck!
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Free Sherlock! | Holmes belongs to the world
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died, leaving no legitimate, surviving children. The United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the sovereign held relatively little direct political power. Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Birth and family Heiress presumptive Self-portrait, 1835 Early reign Marriage I NEVER, NEVER spent such an evening!!!
The (latest) adventures of Sherlock Holmes: a small win for the public domain
We investigate the District Court of Illinois decision Klinger v Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd., confirming that literary characters can be freely used without a licence where copyright has expired on early works in a series. Character elements introduced in later works which are still subject to copyright cannot be used without a licence. Click here to view the image. “The Man with the Twisted Lip” by Sidney Paget, published in the December 1891 edition of The Strand Magazine, from Wikimedia Commons. Leslie Klinger, a Sherlock Holmes expert and editor of a series of new Holmes stories, sought a declaration from the District Court of Illinois that there was no need for him to obtain a copyright licence to use the characters of Holmes and Doctor Watson in his new book. In Australia and most of Europe, all the Sherlock Holmes stories are already in the public domain. In other words, the position is elementary, dear reader! The Conan Doyle estate plans to appeal.
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