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Who Owns a Character?

Earlier this week, I was thinking about character ownership and then, today, I saw this article over on GalleyCat: “Scholar Sues Arthur Conan Doyle Estate Over Sherlock Holmes Copyright.” Of course, I was thinking about a more metaphorical kind of ownership, the kind of feeling that develops when a fictional character becomes wildly popular with its readers, not about copyright.

I hope this author wins her case and her point.