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Supreme Court lets Sherlock Holmes remain in the public domain

From today’s Publisher’s Lunch: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Sherlock Holmes Case On Monday the Supreme Court declined to hear the final appeal from the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle, which claims the Sherlock Holmes characters remain protected by copyright … Continue reading

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“Suit Filed Against Warner Bros. in Screenplay Theft”

It’s about the Clint Eastwood film, Trouble With The Curve. The Times story, by Michael Cieply, begins thusly: LOS ANGELES — Warner Brothers responded harshly on Thursday to a legal complaint over the authorship of its Clint Eastwood baseball movie, … Continue reading

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