Social:2017 in public domain

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Short description: Overview of works entering public domain

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.

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus , a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime.[1][2] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2017. This term also applies to unpublished works in the United States (otherwise see below).

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
Giuseppe Adami  Italy 1878 1946 librettist Libretti for three operas composed by Giacomo Puccini
Eriks Ādamsons  Latvia 1907 1946 writer, poet, translator
Armando Augusto Freire (Armandinho)  Portugal 1891 1946 Fado guitarist and composer
Louis Bachelier  France 1870 1946 Mathematician
Herbert Baker  United Kingdom 1862 1946 Architect
Helen Bannerman  United Kingdom 1862 1946 Writer The Story of Little Black Sambo
Granville Bantock  United Kingdom 1868 1946 composer
James Bernard  United Kingdom 1874 1946 Elocutionist
Allan Cyril Brooks  Canada 1869 1946 Ornithologist, illustrator and artist
 Uruguay 1869 1946 Composer
Charles Despiau  France 1874 1946 Sculptor
J. Michael Diack  United Kingdom 1869 1946 Composer, arranger Arranged nursery rhymes in the style of Handel
Manuel de Falla  Spain 1876 1946 Composer Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Ritual Fire Dance
W. C. Fields  United States 1880 1946 Writer
Jane Findlater  United Kingdom 1866 1946 Writer
Dion Fortune  United Kingdom 1890 1946 Writer and occultist The Demon Lover, The Winged Bull, The Goat-Foot God, The Sea Priestess
Wanda Gág  United States 1893 1946 Children's book author, artist, translator and illustrator Millions of Cats
Gerhart Hauptmann  Germany 1862 1946 Writer, Nobel Prize laureate The Weavers, Bahnwärter Thiel (De)
Patty Hill  United States 1868 1946 Songwriter Happy Birthday to You (with sister Mildred J. Hill, who predeceased her)
Violet Jacob  United Kingdom 1863 1946 Writer and poet
John Maynard Keynes  United Kingdom 1883 1946 Economist A Treatise on Money
Hermann von Keyserling  Germany 1880 1946 Philosopher
Otis Adelbert Kline  United States 1891 1946 Literary agent and science fiction writer
Paul Langevin  France 1872 1946 Physicist
Henri Le Fauconnier  France 1881 1946 Painter
Józef Mehoffer  Poland 1869 1946 Painter and decorative artist
Adolph de Meyer  France 1868 1946 Photographer
László Moholy-Nagy  Hungary 1895 1946 Painter and photographer Light-Space Modulator
Paul Nash  United Kingdom 1889 1946 Painter/photographer
Mikhail Nesterov  Russia 1862 1942[3] Painter
Feliks Nowowiejski  Poland 1877 1946 Composer Rota (music)
Clemente Palma  Peru 1872 1946 Author
Júlio Prestes  Brazil 1882 1946 Politician
Damon Runyon  United States 1880 1946 Writer and newspaperman
Abel Salazar (scientist)  Portugal 1889 1946 Scientist and Painter
Alice Sauvrezis  France 1866 1946 Composer
Ernest Thompson Seton  United Kingdom 1860 1946 Writer and wildlife artist Wild Animals I Have Known
May Sinclair  United Kingdom 1863 1946 Writer
Václav Špála  Czech Republic 1885 1946 Painter
Léon Spilliaert  Belgium 1881 1946 Painter
Gertrude Stein  United States 1874 1946 Writer The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Three Lives
Karl Hans Strobl  Czech Republic 1877 1946 Author and editor
Harry Von Tilzer  United States 1872 1946 Songwriter Ziegfeld Follies
Frona Eunice Wait  United States 1859 1946 Author and newspaper writer Wines and Vines of California
George Henry Weiss  United States 1898 1946 Writer of science fiction and poetry The Night People
H. G. Wells  United Kingdom 1866 1946 Writer The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man
Stewart Edward White  United States 1873 1946 Writer and spiritualist
Cornel Simanjuntak  Indonesia 1921 1946 Songwriter Maju Tak Gentar, Sorak-Sorak Bergembira, Bungaku, Indonesia Tetap Merdeka, Ku Pinta Lagi, Maju Indonesia
Alfred Rosenberg  Germany 1893 1946 Politician, writer The Myth of the Twentieth Century
 Germany 1881 1946 Poet Die lasterhaften Balladen und Lieder des François Villon
Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg  Germany 1905 1946 Economist Marktform und Gleichgewicht

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Canada , 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
Ralph Allen  Canada 1913 1966 Writer, journalist Peace River Country
Lauro Ayestarán  Uruguay 1913 1966 Musicologist La música en el Uruguay
André Breton  France 1896 1966 Writer, poet Surrealist Manifesto
Jan Brzechwa  Poland 1898 1966 Poet
Deems Taylor  United States 1885 1966 Composer, music critic
Walt Disney  United States 1901 1966 Filmmaker
C. S. Forester  United Kingdom 1899 1966 Writer Horatio Hornblower, The African Queen, The General
Lloyd Garrett  United States 1886 1966 Tenor, composer
Alberto Giacometti   Switzerland 1901 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 1885 1966 Politician, Journalist
Olhinto María Simoes  Uruguay 1901 1966 Poet, journalist La sombra de los plátanos
Cordwainer Smith  United States 1913 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 1903 1966 Writer Vile Bodies, A Handful of Dust
Mohamed Fawzi  Egypt 1918 1966 Singer, Musician Kassaman
Mohamed El Qasabgi  Egypt 1892 1966 Musician Raq El Habib
Badie' Khayri  Egypt 1893 1966 Playwright Hassan wa Murqus wa Cohen
Sayyid Qutb  Egypt 1906 1966 Writer Ma'alim fi al-Tariq, Fi Zilal al-Quran

Entering the public domain in 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 e.g. British authors back into copyright). 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).

Entering the public domain in the United States

The Copyright Term Extension Act means no published works would enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019.[4] The exception are unpublished works, which are subject to 70 years after the death of the creator, as above.

See also

Lists of authors

References

  1. ↑ "EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard". Billboard.biz. 2011-09-12. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story. Retrieved 2014-01-07. 
  2. ↑ Directive 2006/116/EC
  3. ↑ Copyright term in Russia is extended by 4 years for authors who fought in or worked during the 1941-1945 war.
  4. ↑ "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php. Retrieved 2015-12-13. 



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