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When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2007. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

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Entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. [1] [2] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2007.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
James Churchward Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 27 February 18514 January 1936occult writer.The Lost Continent of Mu, the Motherland of Men, The Children of Mu
Ramón del Valle-Inclán Flag of Spain.svg Spain 28 October 18665 January 1936dramatist, novelist. El marqués de Bradomín. Coloquios románticos (The Marquis of Bradomin. Romantic meetings), Bohemian Lights
Mateiu Caragiale Flag of Romania.svg Romania 25 March 188517 January 1936novelist, poet. Craii de Curtea-Veche (Rakes of the Old Court), Remember
Rudyard Kipling Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 30 December 186518 January 1936novelist, poet, short-story writer. The Jungle Book , The Second Jungle Book
Elizabeth Robins Pennell Flag of the United States.svg United States 21 February 18557 February 1936art critic, biographer, memoirist, travel writer.Nights: Rome & Venice in the Aesthetic Eighties, London & Paris in the Fighting Nineties
Rahel Sanzara Flag of Germany.svg Germany 9 February 18948 February 1936novelist. Das verlorene Kind (The Lost Child), Die glückliche Hand
Lidia Veselitskaya Flag of Russia.svg Russia 17 March 185723 February 1936novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, translator.Mimi's Marriage, Mimi at the Springs, Mimi Poisons Herself
Mikhail Kuzmin Flag of Russia.svg Russia 18 October 18721 March 1936musician, novelist, poet. Wings , Alexandrian Songs
A. de Herz Flag of Romania.svg Romania 15 December 18879 March 1936playwright, poet, short-story writer.Păianjenul (The Spider), Noaptea Învierii (Resurrection Night)
Marguerite Durand Flag of France.svg France 24 January 186416 March 1936journalist, pamphlet writer.founder of the newspaper La Fronde (The Sling)
A. E. Housman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 26 March 185930 April 1936classical scholar, poet. A Shropshire Lad , Last Poems
Robert E. Howard Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 January 190611 June 1936 sword and sorcery writer. The Hour of the Dragon , Worms of the Earth
M. R. James Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1 August 186212 June 1936 ghost story writer, medievalist, antiquarian. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary , More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Karl Kraus Flag of Austria.svg Austria 28 April 187412 June 1936essayist, playwright, poet, satirist.Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (The Last Days of Mankind), Literatur oder man wird doch da sehn (Literature, or You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet)
G. K. Chesterton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 29 May 187414 June 1936mystery writer, philosopher, lay theologian, apologist. The Napoleon of Notting Hill , The Man Who Was Thursday
Maxim Gorky Flag of Russia.svg Russia 28 March 186818 June 1936novelist, playwright, poet, short-story writer. The Life of Klim Samgin , The Artamonov Business
Donald Maxwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 14 April 187725 July 1936travel writer, illustrator.regular illustrator for the newspapers The Graphic and Church Times
F. J. Harvey Darton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 22 September 187826 July 1936literary historian, novelist, publisher.The Story of English Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social Life, Alibi Pilgrimage
Mourning Dove Flag of the United States.svg United States 18848 August 1936 Western novelist, folklore writer. Cogewea , Coyote Stories
Grazia Deledda Flag of Italy.svg Italy 27 September 187115 August 1936novelist. After the Divorce , Canne al vento (Reeds in the wind)
Federico García Lorca Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 June 189819 August 1936playwright, poet. The Butterfly's Evil Spell , The Billy-Club Puppets
Juliette Adam Flag of France.svg France 4 October 183623 August 1936novelist, memoirist.Mes premières armes littéraires et politiques, Mes sentiments et nos idées avant 1870
J. Slauerhoff Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 15 September 18985 October 1936novelist, poet. Het verboden rijk (The forbidden kingdom), Oost-Azië (East Asia)
Stefan Grabiński Flag of Poland.svg Poland 26 February 188712 November 1936horror writer.Z Wyjątków. W Pomrokach Wiary (Exceptions: In the Dark of Faith), Na Wzgórzu Róż (On the Hill of Roses)
Luigi Pirandello Flag of Italy.svg Italy 28 June 186710 December 1936dramatist, novelist, poet, short-story writer. The Late Mattia Pascal , Six Characters in Search of an Author
Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 15 September 187224 December 1936gardening writer.Gardening for Women, Women on the Land
Kristína Royová Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 18 August 186027 December 1936novelist, poet.Bez Boha na svete (Without God in the world), Bludári (Heretics)
John Cornford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 27 December 191528 December 1936poet.Full Moon At Tierz
Miguel de Unamuno Flag of Spain.svg Spain 29 September 186431 December 1936classics scholar, novelist, playwright, philosopher. Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion , Mist

Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, Canada, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay; a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Wickham Steed Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 10 October 187113 January 1956historian, journalist.Hitler Whence and Whither?, The Meaning of Hitlerism
Sheila Kaye-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4 February 188714 January 1956novelist. Joanna Godden , The End of the House of Alard
H. L. Mencken Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 September 188029 January 1956cultural critic, essayist, satirist. The American Language , The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
A. A. Milne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18 January 188231 January 1956novelist, playwright, poet. Winnie-the-Pooh , The House at Pooh Corner
Edmund Clerihew Bentley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 10 July 187530 March 1956humorist, mystery novelist, poet. Trent's Last Case , Trent's Own Case
Arthur Talmage Abernethy Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 October 187215 May 1956poet, theologian.The Hell You Say!: A Novel, The Jew a Negro; Being a Study of the Jewish Ancestry from an Impartial Standpoint
Max Beerbohm Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 24 August 187220 May 1956caricaturist, humorist, novelist, parodist. Zuleika Dobson , The Happy Hypocrite
Ion Călugăru Flag of Romania.svg Romania 14 February 190222 May 1956novelist, short-story writer. Copilăria unui netrebnic (The Childhood of a Ne'er-do-well), Oțel și pîine (Steel and Bread)
Walter de la Mare Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 25 April 187322 June 1956children's writer, horror writer. Memoirs of a Midget , Collected Stories for Children
Nicos Nicolaides Flag of Greece.svg Greece 3 April 188424 June 1956dramatist, short-story writer, painter.To Stravoxylo (The Peevish Fellow), O Skelethras Diegimata B (The Skeleton Short Stories'. Book 2)
Gottfried Benn Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 May 18867 July 1956essayist, poet. Morgue und andere Gedichte (Morgue and other Poems), Doppelleben (Double Life)
Giovanni Papini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 9 January 18818 July 1956novelist, short-story writer, philosopher. Gog , Il crepuscolo dei filosofi (The Twilight of the Philosophers)
Jackson Pollock Flag of the United States.svg United States 28 January 191211 August 1956Painter
Bertolt Brecht Flag of Germany.svg Germany 10 February 189814 August 1956playwright, poet. The Threepenny Opera , The Flight Across the Ocean
Michael Ventris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 12 July 19226 September 1956classics scholar, philologist.Documents in Mycenaean Greek, Introducing the Minoan Language
A. L. Zissu Flag of Romania.svg Romania 25 January 18886 September 1956dramatist, essayist, novelist, polemicist.Nu există cult mozaic (No Such Thing as a Mosaic Religion), Calea Calvarului (The Path of Calvary)
Hans Carossa Flag of Germany.svg Germany 15 December 187812 September 1956novelist, poet.Stella Mystica, Ungleiche Welten (Unequal Worlds)
Pío Baroja Flag of Spain.svg Spain 28 December 187230 October 1956novelist. The Tree of Knowledge , Memorias de un Hombre de Acción (Memories of a Man of Action)
Pío Baroja Flag of Spain.svg Spain 28 December 187230 October 1956novelist. The Tree of Knowledge , Memorias de un Hombre de Acción (Memories of a Man of Action)
B. R. Ambedkar Flag of India.svg India 14 April 18916 December 1956economist, political writer, journal writer. Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development , The Buddha and His Dhamma
Arthur Grimble Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 11 June 188813 December 1956travel writer, memoirist. A Pattern of Islands , Return to the Islands
Robert Walser Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 15 April 187825 December 1956novelist, poet, short-story writer. Jakob von Gunten , The Assistant

Entering the public domain in the United States

In the United States, the copyright status of works extends for the life of the author or artists, plus 70 years. [3] [4] If the work is owned by a corporation, then the copyright extends 95 years. [5]

Due to the passing of the Copyright Term Extension Act (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) in 1998, no new works would enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019. [6]

See also

References

  1. "EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard". Billboard.biz. 2011-09-12. Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. Directive 2006/116/EC
  3. "What Could Have Entered the Public Domain | Duke University School of Law".
  4. "S.505 - One Hundred Fifth Congress of the United States of America at the Session Session. An act to amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright, and for other purposes" (PDF). U.S. Copyright Office.
  5. "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States | Copyright Information Center".
  6. "United States Copyright Law". Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2012-06-02.