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When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works is not uniform. The following lists include creators whose works entered the public domain in 2029 under the most common copyright regimes.

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Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. In addition, several other countries have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 September 18724 June 1958novelist, poet, short story writerMolly Make-Believe, But Once A Year: Christmas Stories
Johannes R. Becher Flag of Germany.svg Germany 22 May 189111 October 1958politician, novelist, and poet Auferstanden aus Ruinen
James Branch Cabell Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 April 18795 May 1958 fantasy writer Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice, Biography of the Life of Manuel
Virginia Brindis de Salas Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 18 September 19086 April 1958PoetPregón de Marimorena
Francis Carco Flag of France.svg France 3 July 188626 May 1958Author Works
Maurice Caullery Flag of France.svg France 5 September 186813 July 1958Biologist Selected writings
Charles Cestre Flag of France.svg France 187118 November 1958Academic Works
Harry Cohn Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 July 189127 February 1958Filmmaker
Pierre-Antoine Cousteau Flag of France.svg France 18 March 190617 December 1958Journalist Publications
E. Everett Evans Flag of the United States.svg United States 30 November 18932 December 1958Science fiction author
Margiad Evans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 17 March 190917 March 1958illustrator, novelist, poetCountry Dance, Autobiography, A Ray of Darkness, The Nightingale Silenced
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Flag of the United States.svg United States 17 February 18799 November 1958literary critic, memoirist, novelist, short story writer, translator Understood Betsy
Marjorie Flack Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 October 189729 August 1958children's writer, illustratorwriter of The Story About Ping, illustrator of The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
Lion Feuchtwanger Flag of Germany.svg Germany 7 July 188421 December 1958writer, journalist, novelist and playwrightauthor of Jud Süß (Süss, the Jew)
Angelina Weld Grimké Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 February 188010 June 1958playwright, poet Rachel
Myriam Harry Flag of France.svg France 186910 March 1958Writer Publications
Juan Ramón Jiménez Flag of Spain.svg Spain 23 December 188129 May 1958Poet
Frédéric Joliot-Curie Flag of France.svg France 19 March 190014 August 1958Chemist
Michael Joseph Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 26 September 189715 March 1958Writer, publisherHow to Write Serial Fiction, Puss in Books: A collection of stories about cats, The Sword in the Scabbard
Henri de Kérillis Flag of France.svg France 27 October 188911 April 1958Writer Books
Maxim Kopf Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Flag of the United States.svg United States
18 January 18926 July 1958Painter, graphic artist and sculptorpaintings from Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands
Cyril M. Kornbluth Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 July 192321 March 1958 science fiction writer The Little Black Bag, The Marching Morons
Henry Kuttner Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 April 19153 February 1958Writer of fantasy, horror fiction, and science fiction. The Graveyard Rats, Mimsy Were the Borogoves
Charles Kvapil  [ fr ]Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 19 November 188421 December 1958Painter
Stéphane Lauzanne Flag of France.svg France 22 January 187422 November 1958Journalist Works
Georges Lecomte Flag of France.svg France 9 July 186727 August 1958Playwright Works
Rose Macaulay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1 August 188130 October 1958biographer, novelist, travel writer The World My Wilderness, The Towers of Trebizond
Roger Martin du Gard Flag of France.svg France 23 March 188122 August 1958Novelist Works
Ismail Marzuki Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 11 May 191415 May 1958composer, songwriter Gugur Bunga , Halo, Halo Bandung , Indonesia Pusaka
Johnston McCulley Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 February 188323 November 1958Author Zorro
G. E. Moore Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4 November 187324 October 1958journal editor, philosopher Principia Ethica, A Defence of Common Sense
Charles Langbridge Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 22 January 18946 February 1958novelist, playwright The Burning Glass
Alfred Noyes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 16 September 188025 June 1958playwright, poet, short story writer The Highwayman, Shakespeare's Kingdom
Seumas O'Sullivan Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 17 July 187924 March 1958magazine editor, poetTwilight People, Verses Sacred and Profane
Elliot Paul Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 February 18917 April 1958journalist, novelist, screenwriter Life and Death of a Spanish Town, Linden on the Saugus Branch
Enrico Pea  [ it ]Flag of Italy.svg Italy 29 October 188111 August 1958Writer Works
H. G. Peter Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 March 18802 January 1958Cartoonist Wonder Woman
Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen Flag of Romania.svg Romania 24 August 18818 December 1958social scientistAccidente profesionale (Work-related Accidents), Câteva considerațiuni asupra socialismului și asupra roadelor sale (Some Musings on Socialism and Its Results
Rudolph Rocker Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the United States.svg United States
25 March 187319 September 1958anarchist publisher and activist Nationalism and Culture
Peig Sayers Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 18738 December 1958 seanchaí (traditional Gaelic storyteller and historian)Peig, Machnamh Seanmhná (An Old Woman's Reflections)
Robert W. Service Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 16 January 187411 September 1958poet The Shooting of Dan McGrew, The Cremation of Sam McGee
J. C. Squire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2 April 188420 December 1958historian, literary critic, magazine editor, poetRobin Hood: a farcical romantic pastoral , Shakespeare as a Dramatist
John Reed Swanton Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 February 18732 May 1958anthropologist, folklorist, linguistThe Indian Tribes of North America, Emanuel Swedenborg, Prophet of the Higher Evolution
Pietro Paolo Trompeo Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2 December 18867 June 1958Writer Works
Ethel Turner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 24 January 18708 April 1958children's writer, novelist Seven Little Australians
Ralph Vaughan Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 12 October 187226 August 1958Composer A London Symphony
Geoffrey Willans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4 February 19116 August 1958children's writer, humorist, novelist, screenwriterDown with Skool! A Guide to School Life for Tiny Pupils and their Parents, Whizz for Atomms: A Guide to Survival in the 20th Century for Fellow Pupils, their Doting Maters, Pompous Paters and Any Others who are Interested

Countries with life + 60 years

In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Peter Arno Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 January 190422 February 1968Cartoonist
Karl Barth Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 10 May 188610 December 1968Theologian Church Dogmatics
Enid Blyton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 11 August 189728 November 1968Writer The Famous Five , The Secret Seven , Noddy
Hugo Butler Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 May 19147 January 1968Screenwriter Lassie Come Home
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 April 189516 March 1968Composer Les Guitares bien tempérées
Juan José Castro Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 7 March 18953 September 1968Composer
Cho Chi-hun Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 3 December 192017 May 1968Poet
Randolph Churchill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 28 May 19116 June 1968Journalist, politicianLord Derby: King of Lancashire
Carmelo de Arzadun Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 16 July 188816 October 1968Painter
Kees van Dongen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 26 January 187728 May 1968PainterWoman with Large Hat
Carl Theodor Dreyer Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 February 188920 March 1968Film Director Michael
Marcel Duchamp Flag of France.svg France 28 July 18872 October 1968Artist, writer Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 , Fountain
Margaret Duley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 27 September 189422 March 1968Novelist §Works
Edna Ferber Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 August 188515 April 1968Novelist, playwright So Big , Show Boat
Red Foley Flag of the United States.svg United States 17 June 191019 September 1968Singer-songwriter Old Shep
Lucio Fontana Flag of Italy.svg Italy 19 February 18997 September 1968Painter, sculptor
Ruth France Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 12 June 191319 August 1968Librarian, poet, novelistThe Race
George Gamow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Flag of the United States.svg United States
4 March 190419 August 1968Physicist, Science writer One Two Three... Infinity and Mr. Tompkins series
Alice Guy-Blaché Flag of France.svg France 1 July 187324 March 1968Filmmaker, screenwriter La Fée aux Choux
Otto Hahn Flag of Germany.svg Germany 8 March 187928 July 1968Chemist Applied Radiochemistry
John Heartfield Flag of Germany.svg Germany 19 June 189126 April 1968Artist
Fannie Hurst Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 October 188523 February 1968Novelist Imitation of Life , Lummox
Muhammad Taha al-Huwayzi Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
18894 April 1968Religious teacher, poetTā'liqāt fī mustafīḍah al-fiqh wa-al-uṣūl
W. E. Johns Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 5 February 189321 June 1968Writer, aviatorThe Biggles series
Anna Kavan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 10 April 19015 December 1968Writer Ice
Helen Keller Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 June 18801 June 1968Author, activist The Story of My Life
Robert F. Kennedy Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 November 19256 June 1968Politician, lawyer, author The Enemy Within
Martin Luther King Jr. Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 January 19294 April 1968Civil rights leader, minister Why We Can't Wait
Robert Z. Leonard Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 October 188927 August 1968Film Director, screenwriter The Great Ziegfeld
Albert Lewin Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 September 18949 May 1968Director, screenwriter The Picture of Dorian Gray
Trygve Lie Flag of Norway.svg Norway 16 July 189630 December 1968Politician, authorIn the Cause of Peace: Seven Years With The United Nations
Howard Lindsay Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 March 188911 February 1968Playwright, librettist State of the Union
Little Walter Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 May 193015 February 1968Blues musician Juke
Dorothea Mackellar Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1 July 188514 January 1968Poet My Country
Archie Mayo Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 January 18914 December 1968Film director, actor Night After Night
Ramón Menéndez Pidal Flag of Spain.svg Spain 13 March 186914 November 1968HistorianLa España del Cid
Thomas Merton Flag of the United States.svg United States 31 January 191510 December 1968Monk, author The Seven Storey Mountain
José Monegal  [ es ]Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 25 July 18924 November 1968Writer, journalistMemorias de Juan Pedro Camargo
Wes Montgomery Flag of the United States.svg United States 6 March 192315 June 1968Jazz guitarist The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
Elsie K. Morton Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 5 October 188521 August 1968Journalist, writerAlong the Road: a book of New Zealand life and travel
Walter Nash Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 12 February 18824 June 1968PoliticianNew Zealand: a working democracy
Edwin O'Connor Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 July 191823 March 1968Novelist, journalist The Last Hurrah , The Edge of Sadness
Erwin Panofsky Flag of the United States.svg United States 30 March 189214 March 1968Art Historian Early Netherlandish Painting
Mervyn Peake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 9 July 191117 November 1968Writer Gormenghast Trilogy
Salvatore Quasimodo Flag of Italy.svg Italy 20 August 190114 June 1968WriterGiorno dopo giorno
Herbert Read Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4 December 189312 June 1968Art HistorianTo Hell With Culture
Conrad Richter Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 October 189030 October 1968Novelist The Town
Nelle Scanlan Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 15 January 18825 October 1968Novelist, journalistThe Pencarrow series
Upton Sinclair Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 September 187825 November 1968Writer The Jungle
John Steinbeck Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 February 190220 December 1968Novelist Of Mice and Men , The Grapes of Wrath
Tian Han Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 12 March 189810 December 1968Playwright March of the Volunteers , Xie Yaohuan
Rose Wilder Lane Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 December 188630 October 1968Writer, Political TheoristThe Discovery of Freedom
Clare Winger Harris Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 January 1891October 1968WriterAway From the Here and Now
Justino Zavala Muniz  [ es ]Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 16 July 189823 March 1968Writer, playwright, historian, journalist, politicianLa cruz de los caminos, Alto Alegre
Karl Zuchardt Flag of Germany.svg Germany 10 February 188712 November 1968NovelistWie lange noch, Bonaparte?

Countries with life + 50 years

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.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Leigh Brackett Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 December 191524 March 1978Writer, screenwriter Shadow Over Mars
Edmund Crispin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2 October 192115 September 1978Writer, composer Gervase Fen stories
Pope John Paul I Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican City
17 October 191228 September 1978Pope Illustrissimi
Jane Lane Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 27 May 19056 January 1978WriterHe Stooped to Conquer
Amelia Reynolds Long Flag of the United States.svg United States 25 November 190426 March 1978Writer Behind the Evidence
Margaret Mead Flag of the United States.svg United States 16 December 190115 November 1978Anthropologist Coming of Age in Samoa
William MiddletonFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 15 December 189112 August 1978Illustrator The Railway Series
Hope Mirrlees Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 8 April 18871 August 1978Writer Lud-in-the-Mist
Ward Moore Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 August 190329 January 1978Writer Bring the Jubilee
Carola Oman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 11 May 189711 June 1978WriterThe Road Royal
Pak Mok-wol Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 6 January 191624 March 1978Poet
Helmy Rafla Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 15 May 190922 April 1978Director Selected filmography
Juancho Polo Valencia Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 18 September 191822 July 1978Songwriter"Alicia Adorada"
Eric Frank Russell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 January 190528 February 1978Writer"Allamagoosa"
Jack L. Warner Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 August 18929 September 1978Filmmaker
Armin T. Wegner Flag of Germany.svg Germany 16 October 188617 May 1978Writer, human rights activistFive Fingers Over You

Countries with life + 80 years

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988. In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Alexander Aaronsohn Flag of Israel.svg Israel 18881948AuthorWith the Turks in Palestine
Sabahattin Ali Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 25 February 19072 April 1948Novelist §Works
Francisco Alonso Flag of Spain.svg Spain 9 May 188718 May 1948ComposerLas Leandras
Carl Thomas Anderson Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 February 18654 November 1948Cartoonist Henry
Antonin Artaud Flag of France.svg France 4 September 18964 March 1948Dramatist §Works
Kan'ichi Asakawa Flag of Japan.svg Japan 20 December 187310 August 1948HistorianThe Russo-Japanese Conflict: Its Causes and Issues
Gertrude Atherton Flag of the United States.svg United States 30 October 185714 June 1948Novelist §Works
Jatindramohan Bagchi Flag of India.svg India 27 November 18781 February 1948Poet
Milan Begović Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 19 January 187613 May 1948WriterPustolov pred vratima
Hulusi Behçet Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 20 February 18898 March 1948PhysicianClinical and Practical Syphilis, Diagnosis and Related Dermatoses
Ruth Benedict Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 June 188717 September 1948Anthropologist The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Frank Benford Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 May 18834 December 1948PhysicistThe law of anomalous numbers
Gertrude Barrows Bennett Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 July 18842 February 1948Writer of science fiction and fantasyThe Citadel of Fear, The Heads of Cerberus, Claimed
Nikolai Berdyaev Flag of Russia.svg Russia 18 March 187424 March 1948Philosopher §Works
Folke Bernadotte Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2 January 189517 September 1948Diplomat, nobleman §Works
Georges Bernanos Flag of France.svg France 20 February 18885 July 1948Writer The Diary of a Country Priest
Hendrik van der Bijl Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 23 November 18872 December 1948EngineerTheory and Operating Characteristics of the Thermionic Amplifier
Nasib al-Bitar Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 13 June 189026 June 1948JuristAl-Fareeda Fi Hisab Al-Fareedhah
André Bloch Flag of France.svg France 20 November 189311 October 1948MathematicianLa conception actuelle de la theorie des fonctions entieres et meromorphes
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller Flag of Germany.svg Germany 6 February 186219 December 1948BotanistBeiträge zur Flora Mazedoniens
Gordon Bottomley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 20 February 187425 August 1948Poet, playwrightThe Crier By Night
Harry Brearley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18 February 187114 July 1948MetallurgistKnotted String
Sophonisba Breckinridge Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 April 186630 July 1948Economist, social scientistMarriage and the Civic Rights of Women
Robert Briffault Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 187611 December 1948Anthropologist, novelistThe Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions
Abraham Brill Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 October 18742 March 1948PsychiatristPsychoanalysis: Its Theories and Practical Application
Alice Brown Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 December 185721 June 1948Writer §Works
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Flag of India.svg India 16 August 190415 February 1948PoetJhansi Ki Rani
Hiram Alfred Cody Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 July 18729 February 1948Writer, ClergymanThe Frontiersman: A Tale of the Yukon
Umberto Coromaldi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 21 September 18705 October 1948PainterHappy Mother
Osamu Dazai Flag of Japan.svg Japan 19 June 190913 June 1948Author The Setting Sun, No Longer Human
Mary Angela Dickens Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 31 October 18627 February 1948WriterCross Currents
Dildar Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 20 February 191812 October 1948Poet Ey Reqîb
Janus Djurhuus Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 26 February 18811 September 1948Poet
Lawrence Donovan Flag of the United States.svg United States July 186611 March 1948Novelist and pulp fiction author
Rheta Childe Dorr Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 November 18668 August 1948Journalist, SuffragistWhat Eight Million Women Want
O. Douglas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 24 March 187724 November 1948AuthorOlivia in India
Sergei Eisenstein Flag of Russia.svg Russia 22 January 189811 February 1948Film Director Battleship Potemkin
Pompeu Fabra Flag of Spain.svg Spain 20 February 186825 December 1948Grammarian Diccionari General de la Llengua Catalana
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 26 February 186110 September 1948King of Bulgaria (1887–1918), author, botanist, entomologist
Jacques Feyder Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 21 July 188524 May 1948Film Director, screenwriter, Crainquebille
William Arms Fisher Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 April 186118 December 1948Composer, writer
Zelda Fitzgerald Flag of the United States.svg United States 24 July 190010 March 1948Novelist Save Me the Waltz
Gustaf Fjæstad Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 22 December 186817 July 1948Artist
Karl Gebhardt Flag of Germany.svg Germany 23 November 18972 June 1948DoctorChirurgische krankengymnastik
Umberto Giordano Flag of Italy.svg Italy 28 August 186712 November 1948Composer Andrea Chénier
Susan Glaspell Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 July 187628 July 1948Playwright, novelist Trifles
Arshile Gorky Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 April 190421 July 1948PainterThe Liver is the Cock's Comb
D. W. Griffith Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 January 187523 July 1948Film director, producer The Birth of a Nation, Broken Blossoms
Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 6 March 18884 December 1948Botanist
Frederick Philip Grove Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
14 February 18799 September 1948Writer, translatorSettlers of the Marsh
Uzeyir Hajibeyov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 18 September 188523 November 1948Composer Leyli and Majnun
Thomas William Hanforth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 March 18675 June 1948Composer
Ernest George Henham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 14 December 18703 April 1948WriterFurze the Cruel
Ernst Herzfeld Flag of Germany.svg Germany 23 July 187921 January 1948ArchaeologistDie Ausgrabungen von Samarra
Johan Hjort Flag of Norway.svg Norway 18 February 18697 October 1948Marine BiologistThe Depths of the Ocean
Seth Hoffman Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 September 18952 August 1948Artist
Vicente Huidobro Flag of Chile.svg Chile 10 January 18932 January 1948PoetAltazor o el viaje en paracaídas
Victor Ido Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 8 February 186920 May 1948Writer, journalistDe paupers
William Henry Irwin Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 September 187324 February 1948Journalist, writerThe House That Shadows Built
Susan Sutherland Isaacs Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 24 May 188512 October 1948PsychologistIntellectual Growth in Young Children
Hédi Khayachi Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 18821948Painter
Kan Kikuchi Flag of Japan.svg Japan 26 December 18886 March 1948NovelistTōjūrō no Koi
Egon Kisch Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 29 April 188531 March 1948Journalist, writerSchreib das auf, Kisch!
August Köhler Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4 March 186612 March 1948PhysicistGedanken zu einem neuen Beleuchtungsverfahren für mikrophotographische Zwecke
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein Flag of Germany.svg Germany 24 April 187016 October 1948GeneralMit dem Turken zum Suezkanal
Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov Flag of Russia.svg Russia 23 May 18738 April 1948EntomologistThe Eurasian Arctic Fauna and Its Origin
Franz Lehár Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 30 April 187024 October 1948Composer List of operas and operettas
Rudolf Franz Lehnert Flag of Germany.svg Germany 13 July 187816 January 1948Photographer
Maximilian Lenz Flag of Austria.svg Austria 4 October 186019 May 1948ArtistA World, A Song of Spring
Monteiro Lobato Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 18 April 18824 July 1948Novelist, publisher Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (novel series)
Ross Lockridge Jr. Flag of the United States.svg United States 25 April 19146 March 1948Novelist Raintree County
Emil Ludwig Flag of Germany.svg Germany 25 January 188117 September 1948BiographerBismarck
Edith Balfour Lyttelton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4 April 18652 September 1948Writer, spiritualist
Rikard Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 2 April 188526 May 1948Sculptor Ole Syversen Monument
Nikola Marinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 10 July 187916 December 1948Painter
Jan Masaryk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 14 September 188610 March 1948PoliticianSpeaking to My Country
Ilya Mashkov Flag of Russia.svg Russia 29 July 188120 March 1944Painter
A. E. W. Mason Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 7 May 186522 November 1948Author, politician The Four Feathers
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 28 March 189725 April 1948Composer La cumparsita
Claude McKay Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 15 September 188922 May 1948Writer §Works
Ernest Merritt Flag of the United States.svg United States 28 April 18655 June 1948Physicist, educator
Kerry Mills Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 February 18695 December 1948Composer
Harry A. Millis Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 April 187325 June 1948Economist
Wesley Clair Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 August 187429 October 1948EconomistThe Role of Money in Economic Theory
Thomas Mofolo Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 22 December 18768 September 1948Writer Chaka
Prosper Montagné Flag of France.svg France 14 November 186522 April 1948Chef, Gastronome Larousse Gastronomique
Sylvanus Morley Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 June 18832 September 1948ArcheologistThe Ancient Maya
Na Hye-sŏk Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 28 April 189610 December 1948Painter Works
Baldassarre Negroni Flag of Italy.svg Italy 21 January 187718 July 1948Film director The Courier of Moncenisio
Fred Niblo Flag of the United States.svg United States 6 January 18777 November 1948Film Director, actor Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Alan Odle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18881948Illustrator
Edith Olivier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 31 December 187210 May 1948WriterAlexander the Corrector: The Eccentric Life of Alexander Cruden
Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 29 April 187418 June 1948Dramatist, novelistAdam of Dublin
Margaret Pedler Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 187728 December 1948Romance AuthorBarbarian Lover
John J. Pershing Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 March 186015 July 1948GeneralMy Experiences in the World War
Albert Pollard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 16 December 18693 August 1948HistorianThe Evolution of Parliament
Manuel Ponce Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 8 December 188224 April 1948ComposerEstrellita
Abram Ranovich Flag of Russia.svg Russia 15 December 188529 May 1948HistorianOn Early Christianity
Charles Herbert Reilly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4 March 18742 February 1948ArchitectRepresentative British Architects of the Present Day
Charles Grant Robertson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 186929 February 1948Historian, novelistEngland under the Hanoverians
J.-H. Rosny jeune Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of France.svg France
21 July 185921 July 1948Writer
Sultanzade Sabahaddin Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 13 February 187930 June 1948SociologistThe Witness
Husain Salaahuddin Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 14 April 188120 September 1948WriterThe Story of Thakurufaan the Great
Maria Olga de Moraes Sarmento da Silveira Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 26 May 188117 October 1948Writer, feministProblema Feminista
Kurt Schwitters Flag of Germany.svg Germany 20 June 18878 January 1948ArtistDas Undbild
Antonin Sertillanges Flag of France.svg France 16 November 186326 July 1948Priest, authorWhat Jesus Saw from the Cross
Lamed Shapiro Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 March 18781948AuthorDi yidishe melukhe un andere zakhn
D. D. Sheehan Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 28 May 187328 November 1948Politician, authorIreland since Parnell
David Shterenberg Flag of Russia.svg Russia 26 July 18811 May 1948Painter and graphic artist §Works
Charles Silvestre Flag of France.svg France 2 February 188931 March 1948Novelist §Works
Annie M. P. Smithson Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 26 September 187321 February 1948Author, nurse.The Walk of a Queen
Marjory Stephenson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 24 January 188512 December 1948Biochemist
Montague Summers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 10 April 188010 August 1948Author and clergyman Malleus Maleficarum
Alexander du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 14 March 187825 February 1948GeologistOur Wandering Continents; An Hypothesis of Continental Drifting
Richard C. Tolman Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 March 18815 September 1948PhysicistThe Principles of Statistical Mechanics
Karl Valentin Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4 June 18829 February 1948Comedian §Works
José Vianna da Motta Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 22 April 18681 June 1948Pianist, composer §Works
Franco Vittadini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 9 April 188430 November 1948ComposerAnima Allegra
Augusto Weberbauer Flag of Germany.svg Germany 26 November 187116 January 1948BotanistDie Pflanzenwelt der peruanischen Anden in ihren Grundzügen
Paul Wegener Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11 December 187413 September 1948Film Director, screenwriter The Student of Prague
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Flag of Italy.svg Italy 12 January 187621 January 1948Composer Il segreto di Susanna
George MacKinnon Wrong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 25 June 186029 June 1948HistorianThe Conquest of New France
Muhammad Amin Zaki Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 18801948HistorianA Short History of the Kurds and Kurdistan
Andrei Zhdanov Flag of Russia.svg Russia 26 February 189631 August 1948PoliticianСоветская литература,
Стахановцы настоящие большевики производства

United States

The trailer is from an unknown year and is for a re-issue of King Kong. The story and characters were in the public domain even before the film's release due to classification errors on certain preemptive tie-in material; the film as a complete product will enter the public domain in 2029.

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1933, films released in 1933, and other works published in 1933, will enter the public domain in 2029. [1] [2] Sound recordings published in 1928 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1958 will also enter the public domain. [1]

Notable films entering the public domain in 2029 include the original King Kong and its sequel Son of Kong , Lloyd Bacon's musical films 42nd Street and Footlight Parade , Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse , Universal Pictures' The Invisible Man with Claude Rains, Best Picture Academy Award-winner Cavalcade , Alfred E. Green's Baby Face with Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent, George Cukor's adaptation of Little Women with Katharine Hepburn, the Marx Brothers musical comedy Duck Soup , Ecstasy with Hedy Lamarr in her acting debut, the John Ford films Doctor Bull and Pilgrimage , Mervyn LeRoy's Tugboat Annie and Gold Diggers of 1933 (the latter of which he co-directed with Busby Berkeley), the Mae West films She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel , Frank Tuttle's Roman Scandals , Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (the first British film to win an Oscar), Lowell Sherman's Morning Glory with Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., the original State Fair (which inspired the more famous 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film), William J. Cowen's adaptation of Oliver Twist , Cukor's Dinner at Eight , Frank Capra's Lady for a Day and The Bitter Tea of General Yen , Raoul Walsh's Going Hollywood with Marion Davies and Bing Crosby, Jean Vigo's Zero for Conduct , Walt Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon Three Little Pigs , and the first six animated Popeye cartoons produced at Fleischer Studios.

Literary works entering the public domain include H. G. Wells's sci-fi novel The Shape of Things to Come , James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon introducing Shangri-La, Dashiell Hammett's novel The Thin Man introducing Nick and Nora Charles, George Orwell's first novel Down and Out in Paris and London , Virginia Woolf's novel Flush: A Biography , Ernest Hemingway's short story collection Winner Take Nothing , Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mystery novel Lord Edgware Dies , Erle Stanley Gardner's detective novel The Case of the Velvet Claws introducing Perry Mason, Raymond Chandler's short story Blackmailers Don't Shoot , John Steinbeck's novel To a God Unknown , Federico García Lorca's play Blood Wedding in its original Spanish, Osip Mandelstam's Stalin Epigram in its original Russian, and the first editions of Newsweek and Indonesian Avant Garde magazine Poedjangga Baroe'.

Artworks entering the public domain include Diego Rivera's destroyed mural Man at the Crossroads and his Detroit Industry Murals , René Magritte's painting The Human Condition , Frida Kahlo's painting My Dress Hangs There , Henri Cartier-Bresson's photograph Seville, Spain , and the first design of Alvar Aalto's Model 60 stacking stool

Among the better-known songs entering the public domain are "We're in the Money", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "I've Got the World on a String" and "42nd Street". Additionally, the entry of Three Little Pigs will bring along the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?", the first hit song from Disney's studio and an anthem of the Great Depression, while that of the first Popeye cartoons will bring with it "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", the character's official theme song.

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References

  1. 1 2 Hirtle, Peter B. (3 January 2020). "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States". Cornell University Library Copyright Information Center. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01.