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So is this their end game? Perpetual copyrights by continuing to bring out one new Sherlock Holmes novel before the copyright on earlier ones expire.

• pessimizer 13y ago
  Works for the drug companies with soon-to-expire patents.
  • greenyoda 13y ago
    That's a bit different. Getting a patent on a similar new drug to replace the old one doesn't prevent the patent on the old drug from expiring. When the patent expires, the generic drug manufacturers can start selling the old drug at a fraction of the cost. The new drug can only succeed if the company can convince doctors and insurance companies that it's better enough than the old one to justify the extra cost. What these people are trying to do is to extend the copyright on the original characters forever.