In 1927 is with Sherlock Holmes’ Book of Cases the world-renowned detective’s first-ever collection of writers Arthur Conan Doyle has been published. A total of twelve stories – written between 1921 and 1927 – are in the anthology to find. For the New Year’s Day is the legendary work of Doyle now in the public domain changed. Sherlock Holmes will no longer be subject to this in the future copyright. So if you want to place the detective in one of his stories, you can almost without consequences make.
Law shifts public domain
Actually, Sherlock Holmes and many other works from this period would have entered the “public domain” much earlier. Of the Copyright Term Extension Act – often too Mickey Mouse Protection Act called – has delayed the passage into the public domain. The law was passed in the US in 1998 and added more copyrights to copyright 20 years. As the name might already suggest, there was above all Disney behind the act.
Creative people have complete freedom
We were able to observe the consequences of switching to the public domain over the past year. Low budget movies like Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey suddenly turned the cuddly bear into a brutal serial killer. Even the Grinch is with us The Mean One get a horror movie adaptation. For productions with little money, the use of such figures – and at no extra charge – is of course excellent to generate a bit of attention here.
Which works will soon be in the public domain?
Also in the years to come, the Change to the public domain on. For example, here is the famous cartoon by Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie there, the off 2024 becomes public domain. However, this does not mean that the Disney mouse can be used without restrictions in the future. The public domain always refers to the characters and the story of the special factorywhich is no longer subject to copyright.
Other highlights soon to enter the public domain also include: Frankenstein (2026), Conan the Barbarian (2027), King Kong (2028), Flash Gordan (2029), Donald Duck in “The Wise Little Hen” (2029), Superman (2033), Batman (2034) or the Joker in 2035.
