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The literature of Albert Camus (left) and Boris Pasternak (right) will enter the public domain in Europe in 2031.

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2031 under the most common copyright regimes, assuming no further extensions to copyright terms become law in the interim.

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Countries with life + 70 years

Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years) [1] 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. [2] [3] In addition, several other countries have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.

NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work
Chris van Abkoude Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2 January 1960Writer, Novelist Pietje Bell
Vai. Mu. Kothainayaki Ammal Flag of India.svg India 20 February 1960Novelist
Lady Cynthia Asquith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 31 March 1960Author and editor This Mortal Coil
Rajshekhar Basu Flag of India.svg India 27 April 1960Chemist
Eric Temple Bell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the United States.svg United States
21 December 1960Mathematician and science fiction writer
Albert Camus Flag of France.svg France 4 January 1960Philosopher, author The Stranger
A. Chakravarti Flag of India.svg India 10 February 1960Professor
Indira Devi Chaudhurani Flag of India.svg India 12 August 1960Musician
Sudhindranath Dutta Flag of India.svg India 25 June 1960Poet, journalist
Victor Rousseau Emanuel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 April 1960Author
John Russell Fearn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18 September 1960Author
M. Raghava Iyengar Flag of India.svg India 1960Literary scholar
Albert Kesselring Flag of Germany.svg Germany 16 July 1960GeneralSoldat bis zum letzten Tag
Jigar Moradabadi Flag of India.svg India 9 September 1960PoetYeh Hai Maikada
Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen Flag of India.svg India 29 April 1960Poet, journalist, activist
Elsie J. Oxenham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 9 January 1960Children's novelist Abbey Series of books
Boris Pasternak Flag of Russia.svg Russia 30 May 1960Poet, author Doctor Zhivago
Eden Phillpotts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 29 December 1960Author, poet and dramatist The Farmer's Wife
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai Flag of India.svg India 18 December 1960Literary critic, journalistKesari
Nathuram Premi Flag of India.svg India 30 January 1960Poet, publisher
Navaratna Rama Rao Flag of India.svg India 1960Political leader, scholar
Sushila Samad Flag of India.svg India 10 December 1960Poet, journalist
Sripada Krishnamurty Sastry Flag of India.svg India 29 December 1960Poet Mahamahopadhyaya
Kshitimohan Sen Flag of India.svg India 12 March 1960Professor
Acharya Chatursen Shastri Flag of India.svg India 2 February 1960Writer Dharamputra
Krishnalal Shridharani Flag of India.svg India 23 July 1960Poet, playwright
Nevil Shute Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 12 January 1960Aeronautical engineer, novelist On the Beach
Victor Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 January 1960Film director, actor The Phantom Carriage
C. J. Thomas Flag of India.svg India 14 July 1960Playwright, academic, artist
Dadasaheb Torne Flag of India.svg India 19 January 1960Film director Shree Pundalik

Countries with life + 60 years

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

NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work
Abdul Hosein Amini Flag of Iran.svg Iran 3 July 1970Theologian Al-Ghadir
Rita Angus Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 25 January 1970PainterCass
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Flag of Israel.svg Israel 17 February 1970Writer The Bridal Canopy
Fernando Arbello Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 26 July 1970Musician
Otto Baecker Flag of Germany.svg Germany 22 May 1970Cinematographer Gold
Archibald Baxter Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 10 August 1970Socialist, pacifist We Will Not Cease
William Beaudine Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 March 1970Film director, actor Boys Will Be Boys
George Blair Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 April 1970Film Director
R. V. C. Bodley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 26 May 1970Army officer, authorAlgeria From Within
Louise Bogan Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 February 1970PoetBody of This Death
Vera Brittain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 29 March 1970Writer Testament of Youth
William J. Brown Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 February 1970Architect
Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 20 April 1970Theologian Works
Dulce Carman Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1970AuthorNeath the Maori Moon
Rudolf Carnap Flag of Germany.svg Germany 14 September 1970PhilosopherDer Logische Aufbau der Welt
Choe Hyeon-bae Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 23 March 1970Educationalist Selected publications
Émile Coderre  [ fr ]Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 6 April 1970Poet Works
Charles Cotton Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 29 June 1970GeologistGeomorphology of New Zealand
Mohamed Abdelaziz Djaït Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 5 January 1970Theologian Works
William Dobell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 13 May 1970Artist Mr Joshua Smith
Guy Endore Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 February 1970Author, screenwriter The Werewolf of Paris
E. M. Forster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 7 June 1970Writer Works
Babbis Friis-Baastad Flag of Norway.svg Norway 10 January 1970Children's writerIkke ta Bamse
Erle Stanley Gardner Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 March 1970Author, lawyer Perry Mason series of books
Maurice Gemayel Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 31 October 1970Politician Tripoli and Decentralization
L. Wolfe Gilbert Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 July 1970Songwriter Down Yonder
Rube Goldberg Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 December 1970Cartoonist, News reporter, Sculptor, Engineer
John Gunther Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 May 1970Author Death Be Not Proud
Muhsin al-Hakim Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 1970TheologianMinhaj as-Saleheen
Alice Hamilton Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 September 1970Physician, research scientist Industrial Poisons in the United States
Lawren Harris Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 29 January 1970Painter
Marlen Haushofer Flag of Austria.svg Austria 21 March 1970Writer
Erich Heckel Flag of Germany.svg Germany 27 January 1970ArtistRoquairol
Jimi Hendrix Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 September 1970Musician, singer-songwriter"Purple Haze"
Roman Ingarden Flag of Poland.svg Poland 14 June 1970PhilosopherThe Literary Work of Art
Michał Kalecki Flag of Poland.svg Poland 18 April 1970EconomistPróba teorii koniunktury
William Archibald Mackintosh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 29 December 1970EconomistEconomic Problems Of The Prairie Provinces
Leopoldo Marechal Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 26 June 1970Writer Adam Buenosayres
François Mauriac Flag of France.svg France 1 September 1970Writer Thérèse Desqueyroux
Bruce McLaren Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2 June 1970Racing car driver Bruce McLaren: From the Cockpit
Yukio Mishima Flag of Japan.svg Japan 25 November 1970Novelist, playwright, poet, writer, essayist, critic Works
Gamal Abdel Nasser Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 28 September 1970PoliticianPhilosophy of Revolution
Charles Olson Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 January 1970Poet Works
John Dos Passos Flag of the United States.svg United States 28 September 1970Novelist U.S.A. trilogy
Waldo Peirce Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 March 1970PainterLegends of the Hudson
Vladimir Propp Flag of Russia.svg Russia 22 August 1970FolkloristMorphology of the Tale
Alf Prøysen Flag of Norway.svg Norway 23 November 1970Musician, Writer, ComposerWorks
Erich Maria Remarque Flag of Germany.svg Germany 25 September 1970Novelist All Quiet on the Western Front
Ali Riahi Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 27 March 1970Musician
Gonzalo Roig Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 13 June 1970Composer Cecilia Valdés
Mark Rothko Flag of the United States.svg United States 25 February 1970Abstract painter Black on Maroon
Bertrand Russell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2 February 1970Philosopher, mathematician Principia Mathematica
Nelly Sachs Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
12 May 1970Poet, Writer Works
Ruth Sawyer Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 June 1970Writer Roller Skates
Slim Harpo Flag of the United States.svg United States 31 January 1970Blues Musician I'm a King Bee
William Stewart Wallace Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 11 March 1970Historian Encyclopedia of Canada
Hassan Taqizadeh Flag of Iran.svg Iran 28 January 1970PoliticianOld Iranian Calendars
Sophie Treadwell Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 February 1970Playwright Machinal
Jacob Viner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 12 September 1970Economist Works
Otto Heinrich Warburg Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1 August 1970Physiologist The Metabolism of Tumours
Leonard Wild Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 23 July 1970Agricultural scientist, writerAn Experiment in Self-government, Soils and Manures in New Zealand
Harry M. Woods Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 January 1970Songwriter When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)
Abraham Zapruder Flag of the United States.svg United States 30 August 1970Clothing manufacturer Zapruder film
Mahmoud Zulfikar Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 22 May 1970Director Filmography

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.

NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work
Joy Adamson Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3 January 1980Conservationist, writer Born Free
Todhunter Ballard Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 December 1980Genre novelist
Roland Barthes Flag of France.svg France 25 March 1980Literary theorist Mythologies , "The Death of the Author"
Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 9 November 1980Journalist, humorist
Alejo Carpentier Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 24 April 1980Novelist, writer The Kingdom of this World
Amy Clarke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 20 June 1980Mystical poet
Margaret Cole Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 7 May 1980Political writer, biographer, activist
John Collier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 April 1980Short story writer
Marc Connelly Flag of the United States.svg United States 21 December 1980Playwright
Sam Cree Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 26 October 1980Playwright
Gareth Evans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 10 August 1980Philosopher
George Sutherland Fraser Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 January 1980Poet, critic
Romain Gary Flag of France.svg France 2 December 1980Novelist Les Racines du ciel , La Vie devant soi
Jacky Gillott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 19 September 1980Novelist
Salvator Gotta Flag of Italy.svg Italy 7 June 1980Writer
Traian Herseni Flag of Romania.svg Romania 17 July 1980Social scientist, journalist
P. M. Hubbard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 17 March 1980Crime writer
Idris Jamma' Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 27 March 1980Poet
John Lennon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 8 December 1980Musician, songwriter, author Discography
Olivia Manning Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 23 July 1980Novelist, poet Fortunes of War
Marshall McLuhan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 31 December 1980Philosopher Works
Carey McWilliams Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 June 1980Author, editor, lawyer
David Mercer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 8 August 1980Dramatist
Henry Miller Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 June 1980Novelist Works
Vinicius de Moraes Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 9 July 1980Poet, songwriter
Katherine Anne Porter Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 September 1980Novelist, essayist
Marin Preda Flag of Romania.svg Romania 16 May 1980Novelist Moromeții , Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni
Caradog Prichard Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales 25 February 1980Poet, novelist Un Nos Ola Leuad
Barbara Pym Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 11 January 1980Novelist
Irene Rathbone Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 21 January 1980Novelist
Mart Raud Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 6 July 1980Poet, playwright, writer
Nelson Rodrigues Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 21 December 1980Playwright, journalist, novelist
Jean-Paul Sartre Flag of France.svg France 15 April 1980Philosopher, novelist, dramatist
Nichita Smochină Flag of Transnistria (state).svg Transnistria 14 December 1980Ethnographer, journalist
C. P. Snow Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1 July 1980Novelist, scientist Strangers and Brothers , The Two Cultures
Eugeniu Ștefănescu-Est Flag of Romania.svg Romania 12 March 1980Poet, novelist, cartoonist
Ben Travers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18 December 1980Playwright, screenwriter, novelist
Kenneth Tynan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 26 July 1980Theater critic
Marie Under Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 25 September 1980Poet
James Wright Flag of the United States.svg United States 25 March 1980PoetThe Branch Will Not Break

Countries with life + 80 years

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988. [4] In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.

NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work
Henry H. Arnold Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 January 1950General Published works
Octave-Louis Aubert Flag of France.svg France 14 January 1950Writer, journalistLe Livre de la Bretagne
Irving Bacheller Flag of the United States.svg United States 24 February 1950Writer, journalist Eben Holden
Sergei Bakhrushin Flag of Russia.svg Russia 8 March 1950Historian
Miklós Bánffy Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 5 June 1950Nobleman, politician, writer A Transylvanian Tale
Pavel Bazhov Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3 December 1950Writer The Malachite Box
Max Beckmann Flag of Germany.svg Germany 27 December 1950Painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor
William Rose Benét Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 May 1950Writer, poet, editor Saturday Review of Literature , The Reader's Encyclopedia
Lev Berg Flag of Russia.svg Russia 24 December 1950Geographer, biologist and ichthyologist
Ben Black Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 December 1950Composer, lyricist"Moonlight and Roses"
Léon Blum Flag of France.svg France 30 March 1950PoliticianLes Problèmes de la Paix
Ambrogio Bollati  [ it ]Flag of Italy.svg Italy 26 March 1950General, Historian Works
D. K. Broster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 7 February 1950NovelistThe Flight of the Heron
Herbert Ashwin Budd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1950Painter
Joe Burke Flag of the United States.svg United States 9 June 1950Songwriter, Composer, pianist"Dancing With Tears in My Eyes", "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine", "Rambling Rose", "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips"
Edgar Rice Burroughs Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 March 1950Author of adventure and science fiction Tarzan and Barsoom
J. Carlos Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2 October 1950Cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer, sculptor
Basilio Cascella Flag of Italy.svg Italy 24 July 1950Artist Il bagno della pastora  [ it ]
Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao Flag of Spain.svg Spain 7 January 1950Painter
Neville William Cayley Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 17 March 1950Ornithologist & artist"What Bird is That?", 1931
Francesco Cilea Flag of Italy.svg Italy 20 November 1950Composer L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur
Leôncio Correia (pt)Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 19 June 1950Lawyer, politician, writer and journalist
Erle Cox Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 20 November 1950Journalist and science fiction writerOut of the Silence
Walter Damrosch Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 December 1950Composer
Frank Parker Day Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 30 July 1950Author and academic
Warwick Deeping Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 20 April 1950Author Sorrell and Son
Buddy DeSylva Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 July 1950SongwriterAvalon, Look For the Silver Lining, Somebody Loves Me
Edward d'Evry Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 25 December 1950Composer
Lancelot de Mole Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 6 May 1950Engineer & inventorTracked armoured vehicle, 1911
Clément Doucet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 15 October 1950Composer, pianist
Anatoly Drozdov (ru)Flag of Russia.svg Russia 10 September 1950Composer, pianist
Theodor Duesterberg Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4 November 1950PoliticianThe Steel Helmet and Hitler
Walter Eucken Flag of Germany.svg Germany 20 March 1950Economist Works
Percy Keese Fitzhugh Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 July 1950Author of children and young adult literature
Yevgeny Gunst Flag of Russia.svg Russia 30 January 1950Composer
John Gould Fletcher Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 May 1950PoetSelected Poems
Ernest Haycox Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 October 1950Author of Western fiction
John Rippiner Heath Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 23 December 1950Doctor, musician, composerThree Macedonian Sketches
William Hovgaard Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of the United States.svg United States
5 January 1950Professor, WriterSubmarine Boats, The Voyages Of The Norsemen To America
Heydar Huseynov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 15 August 1950PhilosopherDialectical Materialism
Rex Ingram Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 July 1950Film director, producer, writer and actor The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse , The Prisoner of Zenda
George Cecil Ives Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4 June 1950Writer, penal reformer English Prisons Today
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1 July 1950Composer, music educator
Johannes V. Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 25 November 1950Author The Long Journey
Charles L. Johnson Flag of the United States.svg United States 28 December 1950Composer
Al Jolson Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 October 1950Songwriter
Eddie Kilfeather Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 January 1950Composer
Alfred Korzybski Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Flag of the United States.svg United States
1 March 1950Engineer and founder of Institute of General Semantics Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Flag of Russia.svg Russia 28 December 1950Writer
Harold Laski Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 24 March 1950Political theorist, economistA Grammar of Politics
Harry Lauder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 26 February 1950Comedian, Singer/songwriter Roamin' in the Gloamin'
Lilian Sophia Locke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1 July 1950Suffragette & Trade-unionistSecretary of the United Council for Woman's Suffrage, 1890s
Heinrich Mann Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11 March 1950Writer Professor Unrat
Edgar Lee Masters Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 March 1950Writer Spoon River Anthology
F. O. Matthiessen Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 April 1950literary criticAmerican Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman
Marcel Mauss Flag of France.svg France 10 February 1950Sociologist The Gift
Ernest John Moeran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1 December 1950Composer
Alfred Edward Moffat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 June 1950Composer, collector of musicMeister-Schule der alten Zeit
Edna St Vincent Millay Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 October 1950Poet, playwright Renascence
Ali Moustafa Mosharafa Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 16 January 1950Theoretical physicist
Lewis Muir Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 January 1950Songwriter Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Pavel Muratov Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 February 1950Writer, art historianImages of Italy
Nikolai Myaskovsky Flag of Russia.svg Russia 8 August 1950Composer Symphony No. 6 (Myaskovsky)
Vaslav Nijinsky Flag of Russia.svg Russia 8 April 1950Ballet dancer and choreographerDiary
George Orwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 21 January 1950Journalist and author Animal Farm , Nineteen Eighty-Four , and other works
Cesare Pavese Flag of Italy.svg Italy 27 August 1950Writer, translator The Moon and the Bonfires
Max Pemberton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 22 February 1950Novelist of adventure and mystery literature
Octávio Pinto Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 31 October 1944Composer, architect
Ernest Poole Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 January 1950WriterHis Family
Gustaf John Ramstedt Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
25 November 1950Explorer, linguist, diplomatSeitsemän retkeä itään
R. R. Ryan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18 October 1950Author
Eliel Saarinen Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Flag of the United States.svg United States
1 July 1950Architect Works
Rafael Sabatini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
13 February 1950Writer The Sea Hawk , Scaramouche , The Odissey of Captain Blood , Bellarion the Fortunate
Theophrastos Sakellaridis Flag of Greece.svg Greece 2 January 1950Composer, conductorΟ Βαφτιστικός
Guðjón Samúelsson Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 25 April 1950Architect Hallgrímskirkja, National Theatre of Iceland, Akureyrarkirkja
Joseph Schumpeter Flag of Austria.svg Austria 8 January 1950Economist Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Milton Schwarzwald Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 March 1950Director, composer
George Bernard Shaw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
2 November 1950Writer Man and Superman , Pygmalion , Saint Joan
Adaline Shepherd Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 March 1950Composer
Forrest Shreve Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 July 1950Botanist Works
Martinus Sieveking Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 26 November 1950Composer, music teacher
Jan Smuts Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 11 September 1950Statesman, military leader, and philosopher Holism and Evolution
John M. Stahl Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 January 1950Film Director and ProducerFather Was a Fullback
Olaf Stapledon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6 September 1950Philosopher and science fiction author Star Maker , Last and First Men and Odd John
Henry L. Stimson Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 October 1950PoliticianDemocracy And Nationalism In Europe
Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstaya Flag of Russia.svg Russia 21 September 1950Painter and memoirist
Attilio Teruzzi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 26 April 1950PoliticianCirenaica Verde
Trilussa Flag of Italy.svg Italy 21 December 1950Poet Works
Orhan Veli Kanık Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 14 November 1950PoetGarip, Collected Poems
Xavier Villaurrutia Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 25 December 1950Poet, Playwright Works
Archibald P. Wavell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 24 May 1950GeneralGenerals And Generalship
Kurt Weill Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3 April 1950Composer The Threepenny Opera
Yi Gwangsu Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 25 October 1950Writer, independence activistHeartless

United States

The first patent for the Parker Brothers version of Monopoly, which will enter the public domain in 2031. DarrowPage1.png
The first patent for the Parker Brothers version of Monopoly , which will enter the public domain in 2031.

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1935, films released in 1935, and other works published in 1935 will enter the public domain in 2031. [5] Sound recordings published in 1930 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1960 will also enter the public domain.

Notable films that will enter the public domain in 2031 include Best Picture Academy Award winner Mutiny on the Bounty starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton, Universal horror films Bride of Frankenstein and Werewolf of London , Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps , John Ford's The Informer with Victor McLaglen, Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers of 1935 , Max Reinhardt's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Olivia de Havilland and James Cagney, Captain Blood with Errol Flynn, George Cukor's adaptation of David Copperfield with Frank Lawton, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer with Gary Cooper, Top Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the Marx Brothers comedy A Night at the Opera , Naughty Marietta with the first pairing of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, The Little Colonel with Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore, Will Rogers' final films Steamboat Round the Bend and In Old Kentucky , Tumbling Tumbleweeds with Gene Autry in one of his first starring roles, Henry Fonda's film debut The Farmer Takes a Wife , Hop-Along Cassidy with William Boyd (the first film to star the title character), the musical film Metropolitan (20th Century Fox's first film under that name), Alberto Cavalcanti's Bristis coal mining documentary Coal Face , Boris Barnet's film By the Bluest of Seas , Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will , the first color Mickey Mouse cartoon The Band Concert as well as the first teamings of Mickey with Donald Duck and Goofy, the Silly Symphony cartoons The Tortoise and the Hare and Three Orphan Kittens , and I Haven't Got a Hat with the debut of the oldest recurring Looney Tunes character, Porky Pig.

Important literary works entering the public domain include Agatha Christie's crime novels Death in the Clouds and Three Act Tragedy , John Steinbeck's novel Tortilla Flat , Mary Poppins Comes Back by P. L. Travers, Christopher Isherwood's novel Mr Norris Changes Trains , Dorothy L. Sayers' detective novel Gaudy Night introducing Lord Peter Wimsey, Georgette Heyer's novel Regency Buck , Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here , Rex Stout's The League of Frightened Men , Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie , Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa , T. E. Lawrence's autobiography Seven Pillars of Wisdom , Hardy Boys novel The Hidden Harbor Mystery , Clifford Odets' plays Waiting for Lefty , Awake and Sing! , Till the Day I Die and Paradise Lost , T. S. Eliot's play Murder in the Cathedral , and Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country in its original Japanese. The earliest appearances of the comic strip character Little Lulu will also enter the public domain.

Works of art entering the public domain include René Magritte's The Portrait and the second version of his Human Condition , Joan Miró's Metamorphosis , Pablo Picasso's Jeune Fille Endormie , and M. C. Escher's lithograph Hand with Reflecting Sphere . The first edition of the board game Monopoly will also enter the public domain.

Examples of notable musical works entering the public domain include the popular songs "Cheek to Cheek", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", and "Red Sails in the Sunset"; Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 ; and George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess .

See also

References

  1. Law 194-3 of 11 August 1998
  2. "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.
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  5. 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.