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However, the court did agree that copyright law still protects some developments in the charactersвЂ™ fictional lives, such as WatsonвЂ™s second marriage, which appear in print only in stories that are still protected by copyright law.

The estate no longer has an exclusive right to characters such as Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Therefore, the estate argued, the characters themselves should be protected by copyright. In its defense, the estate argued that even though the copyright has expired on the oldest Sherlock Holmes stories, the characters continued to develop over time, aging and acquiring new life experiences in later stories which are still protected under copyright law.

The estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which controls the authorвЂ™s copyrights and other intellectual property had argued that it had the exclusive right to depictions of the fictional detective. The ruling came in a case filed by a Sherlock Holmes scholar, who had compiled an annotated edition of the detective stories.

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and at least two Sherlock Holmes series on television in recent years, the detective shows every sign of living well into the 21st century.ДЇurthering that longevity, a federal judge recently ruled that the character of Sherlock Holmes belongs to the public domain. With two movies starring Robert Downey Jr. Ink Spotters 1 is available now for iOS Universal and runs $3 with no IAP in sight.Sir Arthur Conan DoyleвЂ™s detective Sherlock Holmes has fascinated audiences in Florida and around the world for more than a century, and his popularity only seems to grow as time goes on. This is the first of the Ink Spotters series with book 2, Sherlock Holmes: The Last Breath, due to be released soon. ItвЂ™s like the Victorian Match Game.Д«eside the main mystery, there are also вЂњStory ThreadsвЂќ to unlock which will reveal easter eggs and other historical details and facts along the way. Unlike Her Story which was fairly open-ended, there is a definite way to вЂњwinвЂќ Inksplotters by discovering the hidden clues in each segmentвЂ™s title card. The art is well done with a cool water-color effect spreading as new panes are opened. Gameplay consists of typing in words and, if you discover a relevant word, a new pane is unveiled. Think of the panes as the videos from Her Story and you have a pretty decent idea of how it all works. All but one of the panes are covered at the beginning of the story, and you need to find the clues to open more panes which should lead to more clues. Ink Spotters tells a brand new Sherlock Holmes story pennedВ by novelist Sean Stewart, but itвЂ™s told via comic-book style panes. ItвЂ™s called Ink Spotters 1: The Art of Deduction and, as someone who loved Her Story and also devours anything Sherlockian, color me intrigued. Yesterday, Three Story House released a game I wasnвЂ™t aware of that brings a lot of that Her Story vibe back to our iPads and adds a healthy dose of Sherlock Holmes along the way. Designer Sam Barlow has said that heвЂ™s working on a follow-up, but we havenвЂ™t heard of when Her Story 2 might actually find its way to our tablets. There was no winning or losing, just learning more and more about this rather interesting woman who was being questioned by the police forвЂ¦something. The вЂњgameвЂќ consisted of a myriad of video clips that you had to piece together in order to figure out the entire story. One of the most unique games IвЂ™d ever played was Her Story released back in 2015.

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