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The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain on 1 January 2022. When copyright expires in a creative work, it enters the public domain. Since copyright terms vary from country to country, the copyright status of a work may not be the same in all countries.

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Countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after its creator's death, if it was published during their lifetime. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first retain the publication rights for 25 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator's that entered the public domain on 1 January 2022.

Other countries with a copyright term of life + 70 years are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Japan, Russia, Indonesia, Israel, Armenia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Singapore, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Louis Adamic Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23 March 18984 September 1951Writer Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America
Bartlett Adamson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22 December 18844 November 1951Journalist, writer, and political activist
Jyoti Prasad Agarwala Flag of India.svg  India 17 June 190317 January 1951Film director, playwright, writer Joymoti
Choudhry Rahmat Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 November 18973 February 1951Jurist Pakistan Declaration
Muhammad Ali Flag of India.svg  India 187413 October 1951Writer
Egbert Van Alstyne Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4 March 18789 July 1951Composer"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree", "Pretty Baby"
Aram Andonian Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 187523 December 1951Writer The Memoirs of Naim Bey
Leopold Andrian Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 9 May 187519 November 1951Writer
Henry W. Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22 July 187928 February 1951Composer Sweet Adeline
Numa Ayrinhac Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5 September 188123 March 1951Painter
Resurrección María de Azkue Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5 August 18649 November 1951Writer
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 10 December 188622 April 1951Poet
R. H. Barlow Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18 May 19182 January 1951Writer, anthropologist
Sarah Jane Baines Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30 November 186620 February 1951Feminist, suffragette, social reformer
Jacques de Baroncelli Flag of France.svg  France 25 June 188112 January 1951Film director
Gaspar Agüero Barreras Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 15 February 187318 May 1951Pianist, composer
Pramathesh Barua Flag of India.svg  India 24 October 190329 November 1951Film director, actor, writer
Daisy Bates Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16 October 185918 April 1951Journalist, welfare worker
Celadet Alî Bedirxan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26 April 18931951Writer, linguist
Frank Weston Benson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24 March 186215 November 1951Painter List of works by Frank Weston Benson
Jørgen Bentzon Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14 February 18979 July 1951Composer
Konstantin Biebl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 26 February 189812 November 1951Poet
Leo Birinski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8 June 188423 October 1951Playwright, screenwriter, film director
Dorothea Foster Black Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23 December 189113 September 1951Painter and printmaker
Algernon Blackwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 14 March 186910 December 1951Journalist, writer Incredible Adventures , "The Willows", "The Wendigo" and The Doll and One Other
Thomas Blamey Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24 January 188427 May 1951Soldier
Francisco Boix Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31 August 19207 July 1951PhotographerPhotographs of Mauthausen concentration camp
Ivanoe Bonomi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18 October 187320 April 1951Politician
Stephen Bonsal Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29 March 18658 June 1951Journalist, writer
Tadeusz Borowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 12 November 19223 July 1951Writer, journalist
Herman Charles Bosman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5 February 190514 October 1951Writer
Alfred-Alphonse Bottiau Flag of France.svg  France 6 February 188925 February 1951Sculptor
James Bridie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 January 188829 January 1951Playwright, screenwriter, physician
Hermann Broch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 November 188630 May 1951Writer The Sleepwalkers , The Death of Virgil
Gelett Burgess Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30 January 186618 September 1951Writer"Purple Cow"
Abraham Cahan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7 July 186031 August 1951Writer The Rise of David Levinsky
Andrew Caldecott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 26 October 188414 July 1951Writer and British colonial administrator
Amy Carmichael Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 16 December 186718 January 1951Writer
John Alden Carpenter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 28 February 187626 April 1951Composer
Ethel Carrick Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7 February 187217 June 1951Artist
Émile Chartier Flag of France.svg  France 3 March 18682 June 1951Writer
Alphonse de Châteaubriant Flag of France.svg  France 25 March 18772 May 1951Writer Monsieur des Lourdines , La Brière
Edfwin Cheel Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14 February 187219 September 1951Botanist, collector
Peter Cheyney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 22 February 189626 June 1951Writer Lemmy Caution, Slim Callaghan
Ben Chifley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22 September 188513 June 1951Politician
Cho Ki-chon Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 6 November 191331 July 1951Poet
Gendün Chöphel Flag of Tibet.svg  Tibet 19031951Writer, poet
Al Christie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23 October 188114 April 1951Film director
Halfdan Cleve Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5 October 18796 April 1951Composer
Christabel Cockerell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 186418 March 1951Painter
Charles Pearce Coleman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22 December 18858 March 1951Actor
Edith Coleman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 July 18743 June 1951Naturalist
Gustav Cords Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12 October 187018 February 1951Composer
Cara David Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26 April 185625 December 1951Educator, feminist, social reformer
Wilfrid de Glehn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 187011 May 1951Painter
Nirupama Devi Flag of India.svg  India 7 May 18837 January 1951Writer
Enrique Santos Discépolo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 27 March 190123 December 1951Composer, director
Hans Andrias Djurhuus Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 20 October 18836 May 1951Poet, writer
Lloyd C. Douglas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27 August 187713 February 1951Writer, pastor Magnificent Obsession , The Robe
Georgios Drossinis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 9 December 18593 January 1951Writer
Frank DuMond Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20 August 18656 February 1951Illustrator, painter
József Egry Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18831951Painter
Mário Eloy Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 15 March 19005 September 1951Painter
Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3 February 18681 May 1951Writer
John Erskine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 October 18792 June 1951Writer, composer The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent
'Abd al-'Aziz Fahmi  [ it ]Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 23 December 18701951Poet
Georgy Fedotov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 October 18861 September 1951Writer
Fei Mu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10 October 190631 January 1951Film director Spring in a Small Town
Jerzy Fitelberg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20 May 190325 April 1951Composer
Kristo Floqi Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 24 May 18761 July 1951Playwright, politician
John Flynn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25 November 18805 May 1951Minister, aviator
Josef Bohuslav Foerster Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 30 December 185929 May 1951Composer List of compositions by Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Robert J. Flaherty Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16 February 188423 July 1951Filmmaker Nanook of the North
Pietro Frosini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9 August 18852 September 1951Musician, composer
Gao Jianfu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 18791951Painter
André Gide Flag of France.svg  France 22 November 186919 February 1951Writer Bibliography of André Gide
Bert Grant Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12 July 18789 May 1951Composer
María Grever Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14 September 188515 December 1951Composer"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"
René Guenon Flag of France.svg  France 15 November 18867 January 1951Philosopher and Sufi Scholar The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times
Jacinto Guerrero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16 August 189515 September 1951Composer
James Norman Hall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22 April 18875 July 1951Writer Mutiny on the Bounty
Ebbe Hamerik Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5 September 189812 August 1951Composer
Tamiki Hara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15 November 190513 March 1951Writer Summer Flower
Fumiko Hayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31 December 190328 June 1951Writer Bangiku
Józef Hecht Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14 December 189119 June 1951Printmaker, painter
Sadegh Hedayat Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 17 February 19039 April 1951Writer, poet The Blind Owl , The Stray Dog
Thomas N. Heffron Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13 June 187224 May 1951Film director
Geoffrey Forrest Hughes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12 July 188513 September 1951Aviator
Herman Hupfeld Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 February 18948 June 1951Songwriter"As Time Goes By", "Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)"
Jenő Illés Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 28 January 187917 October 1951Film director
Ernest Ludvig Ipsen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 September 18692 November 1951Painter
George Jeske Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22 February 189128 October 1951Film director
Tor Jonsson Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 14 May 191614 January 1951Poet
Gustave-Henri Jossot Flag of France.svg  France 16 April 18667 April 1951Illustrator, painter
Robert Kahn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21 July 186529 May 1951Composer
Alfrēds Kalniņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 23 August 187923 December 1951Composer
Karl Maria Kaufmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2 March 18726 February 1951Archeologist
Kim Dong-in Flag of Korea (1899).svg  Korea 2 October 19005 January 1951Writer
Kim Myeong-sun Flag of Korea (1899).svg  Korea 20 January 189622 June 1951Writer
Kitawaki Noboru Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4 June 190118 December 1951Painter
Tyra Kleen Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 29 June 187417 September 1951Writer
Georg af Klercker Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15 December 187713 November 1951Film director South of the Highway
Katarzyna Kobro Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 26 January 189821 February 1951Avant-garde sculptor
Alexander Krein Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20 October 188325 April 1951Composer
Kwee Tek Hoay Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 31 July 18864 July 1951Writer List of works by Kwee Tek Hoay
Constant Lambert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 23 August 190521 August 1951Composer List of compositions by Constant Lambert
Louis Lavelle Flag of France.svg  France 15 July 18831 September 1951Philosopher
Ernestina Lecuona Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 16 January 18823 September 1951Pianist, composer
Henri-René Lenormand Flag of France.svg  France 3 May 188216 February 1951Playwright
Sinclair Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7 February 188510 January 1951Writer Main Street , Babbitt , Arrowsmith
J. C. Leyendecker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23 March 187425 July 1951Illustrator The Arrow Collar Man
Heinz von Lichberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 189014 March 1951Writer"Lolita"
Ana Aurora do Amaral Lisboa (pt)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24 September 186022 March 1951Poet
Benito Lynch Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 25 July 188523 December 1951Writer The Caranchos of Florida , The Englishman of the Bones , The Romance of a Gaucho
Richard Malden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 19 October 187919 August 1951Biblical scholar, editor, author of ghost stories
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4 June 186727 January 1951Politician, memoirist
Homero Manzi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1 November 19073 May 1951Writer
Edwin L. Marin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21 February 18992 May 1951Film director
Konstantin Märska Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 28 May 189630 August 1951Film director
Nellie McClung Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20 October 18731 September 1951Writer
Nikolai Medtner Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5 January 188013 November 1951Composer List of compositions by Nikolai Medtner
Oscar Micheaux Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2 January 188425 March 1951Writer, director
Hasrat Mohani Flag of India.svg  India 14 October 187513 May 1951Independence activist, poet
Giuseppe Mulè Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 28 June 188510 September 1951Composer
Takashi Nagai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3 February 19081 May 1951Writer The Bells of Nagasaki
Nam Cao Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 19151951Writer
Ștefan Neaga Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 7 December 190030 May 1951Composer Anthem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ndoc Nikaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 15 June 186416 January 1951Writer
Ivor Novello Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 15 January 18936 March 1951Composer"Keep the Home Fires Burning"
Selim Palmgren Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 16 February 187813 December 1951Composer, pianist
Pyotr Pavlenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11 July 189916 June 1951Writer
Scott Pembroke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13 September 188921 February 1951Film director
Brian Penton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21 August 190424 August 1951Journalist, novelist Landtakers
Felix Petyrek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 14 May 18921 December 1951Composer
Andrei Platonov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 28 August 18995 January 1951Writer The Foundation Pit
Ľudmila Podjavorinská Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26 April 18722 March 1951Writer, poet
Clara Katharina Pollaczek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 15 January 187522 July 1951Writer
Voydan Popgeorgiev – Chernodrinski Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 15 January 18758 January 1951Playwright, writer Macedonian Blood Wedding
George Henry Powell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 27 April 18803 December 1951Songwriter"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"
Paula von Preradović Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 12 October 188725 May 1951Writer National anthem of Austria
James Peter Quinn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 December 186918 February 1951Painter
Assen Razcvetnikov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2 November 189730 July 1951Writer
Godofredo Rangel Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21 November 18844 August 1951Writer, translator
Gholamreza Rashid-Yasemi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 18951951Poet
Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy Flag of India.svg  India 10 December 188024 February 1951Educator, writer
Henri Rivière Flag of France.svg  France 11 March 186424 August 1951Painter
Sigmund Romberg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29 July 18879 November 1951Composer
Phil Rosen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8 May 188822 October 1951Film director
Georges Hanna Sabbagh Flag of France.svg  France 18771951Painter
Pedro Salinas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27 November 18914 December 1951Poet
Harry Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21 June 18947 September 1951Mathematician
Artur Schnabel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 17 April 188215 August 1951Classical pianist, composer Artur Schnabel's recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas
Arnold Schoenberg Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
13 September 187413 July 1951Composer, music theorist List of compositions by Arnold Schoenberg
Percival Serle Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 18 July 187116 December 1951Writer
Robert Seton-Watson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 20 August 187925 July 1951Historian
Levon Shant Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 6 April 186929 November 1951Playwright
Angelos Sikelianos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 28 March 188419 June 1951Poet, playwright
S. Sylvan Simon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9 March 191017 May 1951Film director
Houcine Slaoui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 19211951Musician
John Sloan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2 August 18717 September 1951Painter
Pamela Colman Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 16 February 187818 September 1951Illustrator Rider–Waite tarot deck
Henry De Vere Stacpoole Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland9 April 186312 April 1951Writer The Blue Lagoon
Paul L. Stein Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4 February 18922 May 1951Film director
Arthur Szyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 16 June 189413 September 1951Illustrator
Abanindranath Tagore Flag of India.svg  India 7 August 18715 December 1951Painter, writer
Maila Talvio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 17 October 18716 January 1951Writer
Mary Tannahill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11 January 186321 June 1951Painter
Nikoghayos Tigranian Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 31 August 185617 February 1951Composer
Timrava Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2 October 186727 November 1951Writer
Marcel Tournier Flag of France.svg  France 5 January 18798 May 1951Composer
Walter Trier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25 June 18908 July 1951IllustratorIllustration of Emil and the Detectives and Lilliput covers
Manuel Ugarte Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 18751951Writer
Jan Valtin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4 May 190714 January 1951Writer, covert agent
Maxence Van der Meersch Flag of France.svg  France 4 May 190714 January 1951Writer
Vsevolod Vishnevsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 21 December 190028 February 1951Playwright
Henrik Visnapuu Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2 January 18903 April 1951Poet
Will Vodery Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8 October 188518 November 1951Composer
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 28 July 18806 March 1951Writer, playwright
Richard Wallace Flag of the United States.svg  United States 26 August 18943 November 1951Film director
Jean-Jacques Waltz Flag of France.svg  France 23 February 187310 June 1951Illustrator
Nik Welter Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2 January 187113 July 1951Writer
Ludwig Wittgenstein Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
26 April 188929 April 1951Philosopher Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus , Philosophical Investigations
Wols Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 27 May 19131 September 1951Painter, photographer
Gregorios Xenopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 9 December 186714 January 1951Writer
Miyamoto Yuriko Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13 February 189921 January 1951Writer
Corrado Zoli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3 January 18778 December 1951Writer
Hermynia Zur Mühlen Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 12 December 188320 March 1951Writer, translator

Countries with life + 60 years

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Mazo de la Roche Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15 January 187912 July 1961Writer Jalna
Dashiell Hammett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6 April 18964 February 1961Writer The Continental Op, Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles
Hazel Heald Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6 April 18964 February 1961Writer
Ernest Hemingway Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21 July 18992 July 1961Writer Ernest Hemingway bibliography
Clark Ashton Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6 April 18964 February 1961Writer Clark Ashton Smith bibliography

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 its creator's death.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Kate Aitken Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6 April 189111 December 1971Broadcaster Books
Ya'qoub Al-Oudat Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 190923 September 1971Poet, writerBiography of Mustafa Wahbi et-Tull
John Beaglehole Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13 June 190110 October 1971Historian The Life of Captain James Cook
James Boswell (artist) Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9 June 190615 April 1971ArtistThe Artist's Dilemma
John W. Campbell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8 June 191011 July 1971Author and editor Who Goes There?
Brock Chisholm Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 18 May 18964 February 1971Psychiatrist Works
August Derleth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24 February 19094 July 1971Writer August Derleth bibliography
Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 11 August 189521 July 1971Legal scholarAl-Waseet fil Qanun
Gerardo Gombau  [ es ]Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3 August 188613 December 1971Composer
Helmy Halim Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 6 March 191618 November 1971Film director Our Beautiful Days
Usmar Ismail Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 20 March 19212 January 1971Film director Darah dan Doa
Abdul Jabbar Jomard Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq December 190930 November 1971Historian, Poet
C. C. MacApp Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27 November 191715 November 1971SF author"The Mercurymen"
Reginald Alec Martin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom January 190827 June 1971Children's writer Kemlo
R. A. K. Mason Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10 January 190513 July 1971Poet The Beggar, No New Thing, This Dark Will Lighten: Selected Poems 1923–41
Janka Maŭr Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 11 May 18833 August 1971Children's writer, translator
Ghulam Rasool Mehr Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 13 April 189516 November 1971Scholar Books
Jim Morrison Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8 December 19433 July 1971Musician The Doors discography
Ogden Nash Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19 August 190219 May 1971Poet Bibliography of Ogden Nash
Andre Ryder Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
10 August 19085 March 1971Musician
Tawfīq Sāyigh  [ ar ]Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 19231971Poet
Stevie Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 20 September 19027 March 1971Poet, writer Works
Igor Stravinsky Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 17 June 18826 April 1971Composer List of compositions by Igor Stravinsky
Frank Underhill Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26 November 188916 September 1971HistorianUpper Canadian Politics in the 1850s
Philip Wylie Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12 May 190225 October 1971Author Gladiator

Australia

In 2004 copyright in Australia changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with America and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which brought some British authors back into copyright, especially those who died from 1925 to 1944). Hence the work of an author who died before 1955 is normally in the public domain in Australia; but the copyright of authors was extended to 70 years after death for those who died in 1955 or later, and no more Australian authors will come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955). [1]

Countries with life + 80 years

Spain, Colombia, and Equatorial Guinea have a copyright term of life + 80 years. For Spain this is for creators who died before 1987. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator's that entered the public domain on 1 January 2022.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Prudenci Bertrana Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 19 January 186721 November 1941WriterEntre la terra i els núvols
J. Stuart Blackton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5 January 187513 August 1941Cartoonist, film producer and director Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Henry Justice Ford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 18601941Artist and illustrator Lang's Fairy Books
James Joyce Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2 February 188213 January 1941Writer Ulysses , Dubliners and Finnegans Wake
José Fernández del Villar  [ es ]Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26 December 18882 April 1941Playwright Plays
Hugh Walpole Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 13 March 18841 June 1941AuthorRogue Herries, The Cathedral and The Dark Forest
Virginia Woolf Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25 January 188228 March 1941Author Mrs Dalloway , Orlando and The Waves

United States

One of the most notable works to enter the public domain in the United States in 2022 was Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. Pooh Shepard1928.jpg
One of the most notable works to enter the public domain in the United States in 2022 was Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne.

All sheet music published in 1926 entered the public domain. [3] Under the Music Modernization Act, tens of thousands of sound recordings that were published before 1923 entered the public domain on 1 January 2022. [4] [5] The Library of Congress says that this will result in "Increased public and online access to previously unavailable recordings and expanded opportunities to explore the earliest days of our sound recording heritage." [4] Sound recordings that were first published after December 31, 1922, have not yet entered the public domain. [6]

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1926, films released in 1926, and other works published in 1926 entered the public domain in 2022. [7]

Notable books entering the public domain in the United States included The Sun Also Rises , The Murder of Roger Ackroyd , Winnie-the-Pooh , Seven Pillars of Wisdom , and Bambi, a Life in the Woods . [8]

Notable films entering the public domain in the United States included Don Juan (one of the early sound films) and The Son of the Sheik (Rudolph Valentino's final film).

Unpublished works by authors who died in 1951 entered the public domain.

In 2022 Théâtre D'opéra Spatial was created and became the first AI-generated artwork to win a big art price. However the United States copyright office declined to grant it a copyright-status because it was "predominantly not made by humans", allowing it to automatically fall in the public domain. [9]

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When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2021. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2023. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2024. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2025. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2009. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2026 in public domain</span> Overview of works entering public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2026. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2008. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2027 in public domain</span> Overview of works entering public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2027. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2028. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works is not uniform.

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