The issue at hand: whether Holmes will be portrayed as someone with “human connection and empathy” (via toofab)
However, the argument that serves the basis for the legal complaint is not a copyright to the character of Sherlock Holmes, which is in the public domain, but rather his emotions and the depiction of him possessing human feelings.in the movie, at least according to this legal complaint.
The Doyle Estate lost a case in 2014 to own the rights to any Sherlock stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle prior to 1923. However, the last 10 stories penned by Doyle from 1923 to 1927 are owned by the estate. Now in the suit regarding"Enola Holmes", the Doyle Estate claims emotions are really the only distinction between the public domain stories and the final copyrighted works.
Remember, Sherlock Holmes is quite a cold and calculating character in his most well-known stories. However, some real life tragedies changed the author and thereby his most iconic creation.
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