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Beware with Sherlock Holmes that only 10 of the books were published before 1923, the books published after 1923 are still the property of the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle.
More evidence that copyright law sucks, why should his grandchildren make money with his books? Just get a job like everyone else.
Had this idea for a less stupid copyright law for creative works: author’s death + 7 years. This way direct descendants have a magical grace period of 7 years to cash in if they want to, before everything becomes public domain, as it should be.