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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 2027. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.
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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 the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years. In addition several other countries in the world have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pietro Badoglio |  Italy | 28 September 1871 | 1 November 1956 | General | La guerra d'Etiopia, L'Italia nella seconda guerra mondiale |
| Julien Benda |  France | 26 December 1867 | 7 June 1956 | Writer | Bibliography |
| Bertold Brecht |  Germany | 10 February 1898 | 14 August 1956 | Playwright | Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Ezio Camussi | Italy | 16 January 1877 | 11 August 1956 | Composer | Compositions |
| Francisco de Aquino Correia |  Brazil | 2 April 1885 | 22 March 1956 | Writer | |
| Mohammed Hussein Heikal |  Egypt | 20 August 1888 | 8 December 1956 | Novelist | Zeinab |
| Irène Joliot-Curie | France | 12 September 1897 | 17 March 1956 | Chemist | |
| Aino Kallas |  Finland, Estonia | 2 August 1878 | 9 November 1956 | Writer | Sudenmorsian, The Pastor of Reigi, Barbara von Tisenhusen |
| Paul Léautaud | France | 18 January 1872 | 22 February 1956 | Writer | Works |
| Guido Leto | Italy | 5 November 1895 | 1956 | Politician | Publications |
| Évariste Lévi-Provençal | France | 4 January 1894 | 27 March 1956 | Orientalist | Histoire de l'Espagne musulmane |
| A. A. Milne |  United Kingdom | 18 January 1882 | 31 January 1956 | Writer | Winnie-the-Pooh |
| Giovanni Papini | Italy | 9 January 1881 | 8 July 1956 | Writer | Publications |
| Alex Raymond |  United States | 2 October 1909 | 6 September 1956 | Writer | Flash Gordon |
| Jackson Pollock | United States | 28 January 1912 | 11 August 1956 | Painter | |
| Jacques Sadoul | France | 22 May 1881 | 18 November 1956 | Politician | Works |
| Michael Ventris | United Kingdom | 12 July 1922 | 6 September 1956 | Classics scholar, philologist | Documents in Mycenaean Greek, Introducing the Minoan Language |
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In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Allen |  Canada | 25 August 1913 | 2 December 1966 | Writer, journalist | Peace River Country |
| Lauro Ayestarán |  Uruguay | 9 July 1913 | 22 July 1966 | Musicologist | La música en el Uruguay |
| André Breton | France | 19 February 1896 | 28 September 1966 | Writer, poet | Surrealist Manifesto |
| Jan Brzechwa |  Poland | 15 August 1898 | 2 July 1966 | Poet | |
| Deems Taylor | United States | 22 December 1885 | 3 July 1966 | Composer, music critic | |
| Walt Disney | United States | 5 December 1901 | 15 December 1966 | Filmmaker | |
| C. S. Forester | United Kingdom | 27 August 1899 | 2 April 1966 | Writer | Horatio Hornblower , The African Queen , The General |
| Lloyd Garrett | United States | 2 July 1886 | 15 April 1966 | Tenor, composer | |
| Alberto Giacometti |  Switzerland | 10 October 1901 | 11 January 1966 | Sculptor, painter | The Palace at 4 a.m., L'Homme au doigt, Grande tête mince, L'Homme qui marche I, Large Standing Woman I, Monumental Head |
| César Batlle Pacheco | Uruguay | 3 August 1885 | 6 January 1966 | Politician, Journalist | |
| Olhinto María Simoes | Uruguay | 5 June 1901 | 9 October 1966 | Poet, journalist | La sombra de los plátanos |
| Cordwainer Smith | United States | 11 July 1913 | 6 August 1966 | Science fiction writer, professor, military officer | Psychological Warfare, Norstrilia , Scanners Live in Vain , Alpha Ralpha Boulevard , A Planet Named Shayol |
| Evelyn Waugh | United Kingdom | 28 October 1903 | 10 April 1966 | Writer | Vile Bodies , A Handful of Dust |
| Mohamed Fawzi | Egypt | 15 August 1918 | 20 October 1966 | Singer, Musician | Kassaman |
| Mohamed El Qasabgi | Egypt | 1892 | 25 March 1966 | Musician | Raq El Habib |
| Badie' Khayri | Egypt | 17 August 1893 | 1 February 1966 | Playwright | Hassan wa Murqus wa Cohen |
| Sayyid Qutb | Egypt | 9 October 1906 | 29 August 1966 | Writer | Ma'alim fi al-Tariq , Fi Zilal al-Quran |
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In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay, a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Britten | United Kingdom | 22 November 1913 | 4 December 1976 | Composer | List of compositions by Benjamin Britten |
| Agatha Christie | United Kingdom | 15 September 1890 | 12 January 1976 | Author | The Mysterious Affair at Styles |
| Stuart Cloete |  South Africa | 23 July 1897 | 19 March 1976 | Author | Turning Wheels |
| Daniel F. Galouye | United States | 11 February 1920 | 7 September 1976 | SF Author | Dark Universe |
| Munro Leaf | United States | 4 December 1905 | 21 December 1976 | Author | The Story of Ferdinand |
| André Malraux | France | 3 November 1901 | 23 November 1976 | Author | La Condition Humaine |
| Robert L. May | United States | 27 July 1905 | 11 August 1976 | Retailer | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
| Edgar Pangborn | United States | 25 February 1909 | 1 February 1976 | SF Author | A Mirror for Observers |
| Thomas Burnett Swann | United States | 12 October 1928 | 5 May 1976 | SF Author, poet | The Minotaur Trilogy |
| Guillermo Tolentino |  Philippines | 24 July 1890 | 12 July 1976 | Sculptor | Bonifacio Monument, UP Oblation |
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Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987. In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.
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Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1931, films released in 1931, and other works published in 1931, will enter the public domain in 2027. [1] Sound recordings that were published in 1926 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1956 will also enter the public domain. The Disney animated short The Moose Hunt , featuring the first named appearance of Pluto, enters the public domain. Universal Pictures' Frankenstein and Dracula adaptations will be among the works to enter the public domain. In addition, the character Dick Tracy will enter the public domain.
Other significant films entering the public domain include Charlie Chaplin's City Lights , 1931 Best Picture Oscar-winner Cimarron , Gangster films Little Caesar and The Public Enemy , the Marx Brothers film Monkey Business , Laurel and Hardy's first feature film Pardon Us , Fritz Lang's serial killer drama M , Josef von Sternberg's Dishonored starring Marlene Dietrich, Michael Powell's directorial debut Two Crowded Hours , Otto Preminger's directorial debut The Great Love , F. W. Murnau's final film Tabu: A Story of the South Seas , G. W. Pabst's The Threepenny Opera , Mário Peixoto's Limite , Dave Fleischer's Bimbo's Initiation , the first Canadian sound film The Viking , the first Soviet sound film Road to Life , the first Japanese sound film The Neighbor's Wife and Mine , the first Bollywood-musical Alam Ara (now believed lost) and the first Chinese sound film Sing-Song Girl Red Peony .
Artworks entering the public domain include Salvador Dali's painting The Persistence of Memory , Georgia O'Keeffe's painting Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue , Grant Wood's painting The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere , Thomas Hart Benton's painting America Today , Paul Landowski's sculpture Christ the Redeemer, Pablo Picasso's sculpture Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse) , August Sander's photograph Secretary at West German Radio, Cologne and M.C. Escher's early print Atrani, Coast of Amalfi .
Important literary works entering the public domain include Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth , Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves , Lynn Riggs' play Green Grows the Lilacs , Erich Maria Remarque's novel The Road Back , Winston Churchill's final volume of The World Crisis , Georges Simenon's novel The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (containing the first introduction of inspector Inspector Jules Maigret) in its original French, Hergé's Tintin in the Congo in its original French black-and-white version, and Jean de Brunhoff's The Story of Babar in its original French.
Copyright expiry in Australia depends on when a work was created, and on the type of work. Under the current law, copyright usually expires 70 years after the death of the author, or for anonymous works, 70 years from the date of publication. Crown copyright expires 50 years after publication. The law has evolved over the years, and previously photographs were treated differently from other works. Anonymous works and photographs created before 1955 are no longer under copyright. For non-photographic works created before 1955, where the author is known, the copyright expires 50 years after the death of the author.
Works are in the public domain if they are not covered by the intellectual property right known as copyright, or if the intellectual property rights to the works have expired. Works automatically enter the public domain when their copyright has expired. The United States Copyright Office is a federal agency tasked with maintaining copyright records.
When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2016. 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 2017. 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 2018. 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 2019. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.
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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 2023. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.
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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 2010. 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.
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.
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