A closer look
The world's greatest detective finally solved the ultimate mystery: how to escape his corporate overlords. As of 2023, all of Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes works have entered the public domain, meaning anyone can write, publish, or monetize a Sherlock story without paying the Doyle estate. The estate fought tooth and nail for years to claim that Sherlock’s 'emotional development' was still copyrighted, but the courts eventually told them to stop milking a century-old cash cow.
