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As of Jan. 2023, the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, has fully entered the public domain. Thanks to the expiration of the copyright on The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, the iconic detective of 221B Baker Street has joined Dracula and Robin Hood as public property, a figure that can be written about and presented in any way the author sees fit. While Holmes has been semi-public domain for a long time, the full copyright expiration means considerably more freedom in adaptations can be permitted going forward, which much of the internet community has taken to. TV now has much more freedom to tell Sherlock Holmes stories going forward. Adaptations will have a free hand to depict Holmes in whatever ways they please
As of Jan. 2023, the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, has fully entered the public domain. Thanks to the expiration of the copyright on The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, the iconic detective of 221B Baker Street has joined Dracula and Robin Hood as public property, a figure that can be written about and presented in any way the author sees fit. While Holmes has been semi-public domain for a long time, the full copyright expiration means considerably more freedom in adaptations can be permitted going forward, which much of the internet community has taken to. TV now has much more freedom to tell Sherlock Holmes stories going forward. Adaptations will have a free hand to depict Holmes in whatever ways they please
