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Re:Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge R... by rplnt on Friday December 27, 2013 @06:50PM (#6973186)
They are not successful though, are they? There is a low-budget snow-white based TV series that run a year ago (Once Upon A Time).

Also, it is ridiculous considering that character is way older than Disney itself and provably comes from outside US jurisdiction.

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Re:Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge R... by itafroma on Friday December 27, 2013 @07:39PM (#6973344)
> They are not successful though, are they? There is a low-budget snow-white based TV series that run a year ago (Once Upon A Time)

Once Upon a Time is a (still active) series produced by ABC Studios, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group, which is in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney. The show incorporates dozens of Disney franchises (or, rather, the Disney versions of classic stories) entirely because of its ownership.

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Re:Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge R... by dougbarrett on Friday December 27, 2013 @07:43PM (#6973361)
If it's the ABC "Once Upon A Time", that's Disney owned.
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