Sherlock Holmes to Remain in Public Domain After Supreme Court Declines Case – So you’ve got to give the Conan Doyle estate credit for their persistence. Except, you know for the bad faith licensing fees. And SCOTUS has delivered the final “no” to the estate’s attempt to charge for use ... more >
Judge Posner orders estate to pay up over Sherlock Holmes copyright “extortion” – Although I’m not the biggest fan of Chicago Judge Richard Posner, I fist-pumped at the news, and even some of the rhetoric, of this ruling, which holds the Conan Doyle estate accountable for their ridiculous attempts to ... more >