Sherlock Holmes
by Michael's Rights-Holder Workspace
World: Victorian London
Arthur Conan Doyle's consulting detective. The full canon entered the US public domain in 2023. A public-domain demonstration entry.
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Characters
The brilliant, exacting consulting detective in deerstalker and Inverness cape, reading a whole life from a fleck of ash.
A steady, good-natured army doctor and Holmes's loyal friend and chronicler — the reader's way into every case.
Public domain — shown for demonstration only. The Conan Doyle canon is free to use because its copyright has expired. This is not a real licensable property on LicenseOS; it illustrates how an expired-copyright work clears.
- Work:
- Arthur Conan Doyle — the Sherlock Holmes canon (1887–1927)
- Entered public domain:
- 2023
- Scope:
- The final Conan Doyle stories entered the US public domain on Jan 1, 2023, putting the entire original canon — Holmes, Watson, and their world — in the public domain. Specific modern adaptations remain separately protected.
The world's first consulting detective — now fully public domain.
Gaslit Victorian London — 221B Baker Street and the fog beyond.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is the template every detective since has been measured against: pure deductive reasoning, a loyal chronicler in Dr. Watson, and the foggy, gaslit London they move through. The deerstalker, the pipe, the "elementary" leaps from a scuff of mud to a man's whole history.
As of January 2023 the entire Conan Doyle canon is in the US public domain — the last stories crossed over and the long estate disputes ended with them. That makes Holmes a clean, vivid example for the demo: a household name with zero remaining copyright to clear.
Tone: Sharp, atmospheric, intelligent. Victorian mystery — moody but refined.
Cast
The brilliant, exacting consulting detective in deerstalker and Inverness cape, reading a whole life from a fleck of ash.
A steady, good-natured army doctor and Holmes's loyal friend and chronicler — the reader's way into every case.
Theme track
Baker Street Theme
Victorian, mysterious
30-second theme · matches the 30s video generation
Licensable theme track — comes with the IP. An original instrumental that ships alongside the characters and key art, so a licensee can score their app or video on-brand.
On-brand
- Use the full Conan Doyle canon freely — it is entirely public domain in the US.
- Victorian-era mystery, deduction, atmosphere true to the originals.
Bright lines
- Avoid elements unique to specific still-protected modern adaptations (e.g. a particular film/TV studio's redesign).
- This is a demo entry, not a real listable property.
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Available Licenses(2 public tiers)
Fan / Noncommercial
Free fan & noncommercial use. Period crime & peril violence allowed (PG-13). Instant license.
Commercial use
Noncommercial use only
Pricing
Free
Permitted
- ✓Generate new content with the IP
- ✓Publicly display outputs
- ✓Create derivative works
- ✓Publish to an app store
- ✓Post on social media
Prohibited
- ✗Allow end-user-generated content
- ✗Download the approved assets
- ✗Make merchandise / print products
- ✗Train / fine-tune AI models on the IP
- ✗Content: Sexual
- ✗Content: Nudity
- ✗Content: Gore
- ✗Content: Hate
- ✗Content: Harassment
- ✗Content: Self Harm
- ✗Content: Illegal
- ✗Content: Brand Confusion
Limits
- 500 generations / month
- $0 monthly revenue cap
Terms
- Attribution required
- Review: AUTO APPROVE
- No fixed expiry
- Revocable by the rights holder
Free
Review mode: AUTO APPROVE
Commercial
Commercial use incl. mature crime/period violence (up to R). 5% revenue share. Requires rights-holder approval.
Commercial use
Commercial use allowed up to $5,000/mo (5.0% revenue share)
Pricing
5.0% revenue share
Permitted
- ✓Generate new content with the IP
- ✓Publicly display outputs
- ✓Create derivative works
- ✓Allow end-user-generated content
- ✓Download the approved assets
- ✓Make merchandise / print products
- ✓Publish to an app store
- ✓Post on social media
Prohibited
- ✗Train / fine-tune AI models on the IP
- ✗Content: Sexual
- ✗Content: Nudity
- ✗Content: Gore
- ✗Content: Hate
- ✗Content: Harassment
- ✗Content: Self Harm
- ✗Content: Illegal
- ✗Content: Brand Confusion
Limits
- 5,000 generations / month
- 10,000 monthly active users
- $5,000 monthly revenue cap
Terms
- Attribution required
- Review: HUMAN REVIEW
- No fixed expiry
- Revocable by the rights holder
5.0% revenue share
Review mode: HUMAN REVIEW
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