public domain

Sherlock Holmes now in the US public domain

"Americans can continue revising Sherlock as they wish: a judge ruled that Holmes, Watson, Moriarty, and other elements of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories are in the United States public domain.

Jennifer Schuessler of the New York Times reported that a federal judge ruled that elements in the 50 Conan Doyle works published before the the start of 1923 are not covered by copyright, therefore anyone who divines any new Holmes-related material will not have to pay a licensing fee. (Information in Conan Doyle's 10 stories published after that date remain under copyright.)"

But of course...

"And don't start working on getting your Cumberbatch as Sherlock fan fiction ready to be published. When CBS was readying their version of an updated Sherlock, a producer of the BBC show vowed to 'protect the interest and wellbeing of our offspring.'"

more Yuletide recs

I sent these recs to tipitiwitchet earlier, and figured I'd list them at my journal as well. They're well written and with an authentic feel for the characters and/or source material.
At this point, the authors are all listed as anon.

fandom: Near Dark
title: Family 
How Diamondback picked Jesse up by the side of the road.

fandom: Vikings
title: The Garden 
Athelstan/Lagertha/Ragnar Lothbrok
Athelstan's heathen garden.

fandom: The Eagle
title: Wherever You Go
Esca/Marcus
“We might be meat for hounds tomorrow,” Esca rasps, feeling the words scrape his throat raw and watching for understanding in Marcus’ eyes. They have no time to waste now. None at all.