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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 2002. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

Entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

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With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (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.[1][2] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2002.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
L. Adams Beck United Kingdom 1862 3 January 1931 fantasy writer, novelist, short story writer, biographer, esotericist The Openers of The Gate and Other Stories of the Occult, The Splendour of Asia: The Story and Teaching of the Buddha, The Way of Power: Studies in the Occult, The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton, The Thunderer: A Romance of Napoleon and Joséphine
Henry Gauthier-Villars France 8 August 1859 12 January 1931 novelist, music critic, literary editor Co-writer and editor of the novel series Claudine in collaboration with his wife Colette[3], marketed a line of dolls based on the novels.
Graça Aranha Brazil 21 June 1868 26 January 1931 modernist writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist, diplomat, judge Canaã, Malazarte, Estética da Vida (An Aesthetics of Life)
Ida B. Wells United States 16 July 1862 25 March 1931 investigative journalist, sociologist, educator Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases, The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Arnold Bennett United Kingdom 27 May 1867 27 March 1931 novelist, short story writer, dramatist, diarist Anna of the Five Towns, The Old Wives' Tale, The Clayhanger Family, Riceyman Steps
André Michelin France 16 January 1853 4 April 1931 industrialist, engineer Eponymous founder and publisher of the guide book series Michelin Guide [4]
Kahlil Gibran United States 6 January 1883 10 April 1931 poet, visual artist, philosopher The Prophet, The Madman, The Earth Gods
Nérée Beauchemin Canada 20 February 1850 29 June 1931 poet Les Floraisons Matutinales (The Morning Blossoming), Patrie intime: Harmonies (Intimate Homeland: Harmonies)
Harald Høffding Denmark 11 March 1843 2 July 1931 philosopher, theologian, university professor Søren Kierkegaard as Philosopher, Den nyere Filosofis Historie (History of Modern Philosophy), Psychology, the Problems of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Vasile Cijevschi Romania 17 October 1880 14 July 1931 Orientalist, nationalist politician, polemicist, journalist Founder and owner of the Russian-language newspaper Golos Kishinyova, editor of the regional Russian-language newspaper Nashe Slovo (Our Word),[5] wrote the short story Unei prietene (To a Lady Friend)
Bertha McNamara Australia 28 September 1853 1 August 1931 labour activist, political writer, bookseller Home Talk on Socialism, Commercialism and Distribution of the Nineteenth Century, Forgery and Workingmen's Homes, How to Become Rich Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, Shylock Exposed
Delfín Chamorro Paraguay 24 December 1863 15 August 1931 language teacher, grammarian, poet Grammar Castellana
Frank Harris United States 14 February 1856 26 August 1931 memoirist, novelist, short story writer, publisher, editor My Life and Loves, The Bomb, The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life Story, The Veils of Isis, and Other Stories, Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions, My Reminiscences as a Cowboy
Hall Caine United Kingdom 14 May 1853 31 August 1931 novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet, critic, World War I-era propagandist The Christian, She's All the World to Me: A Novel, The Manxman, The Master of Man: The Story of a Sin, The Woman of Knockaloe: A Parable
Sue A. Sanders United States 25 March 1842 8 September 1931 teacher, social leader, diarist A journey to on and from the "golden shore"
Matilda Cugler-Poni Romania 2 April 1851 9 September 1931 poet, short story writer, comedy writer Unei tinere fete (To a Young Girl), Un tutor
Jane Meade Welch United States 11 March 1854 30 September 1931 historian, journalist The War of 1812, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, The Territorial Development of the United States, The Marking of Historic Sites on the Niagara Frontier
Ernst Didring Sweden 18 October 1868 13 October 1931 naturalist writer, novelist, leader of the Swedish Red Cross Malm (iron ore), Grålöga—Trilogin (former life in the Stockholm archipelago), Världsspindeln (The World's Spider), Det mörkblå frimärket (The Dark Blue Stamp)
Arthur Schnitzler Austria 15 May 1862 21 October 1931 Modernist writer, novelist, dramatist Professor Bernhardi, Der Weg ins Freie (The Road into the Open), Reigen, Fräulein Else
Lucas Malet United Kingdom 4 June 1852 27 October 1931 novelist, short story writer, ghost story writer, fiction writer about sadomasochism The Wages of Sin, The History of Sir Richard Calmady, Colonel Enderby's Wife, The Gateless Barrier
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín Uruguay 28 December 1855 3 November 1931 poet Tabaré, La leyenda patria (The Fatherland Legend), Himno al Arbol (Hymn to the Tree)
Ole Edvart Rølvaag United States 22 April 1876 5 November 1931 novelist Giants in the Earth[6], Peder Seier (Peder Victorious), Den Signede Dag (Their Father's God)
Xu Zhimo China 15 January 1897 19 November 1931 poet, translator, founder of the literary society Crescent Moon Society Zaibie Kangqiao (Taking Leave of Cambridge Again)
Vachel Lindsay United States 10 November 1879 5 December 1931 poet, illustrator, writer on film criticism The Art of the Moving Picture, Rhymes To Be Traded For Bread, The Jazz Birds, The Congo, Every Soul A Circus
Enrico Corradini Italy 20 July 1865 10 December 1931 novelist, dramatist, essayist, journalist, nationalist political writer Il volere d'Italia (Italy's Desire), L'ora di Tripoli (Tripoli's Moment), La patria lontana (The Distant Fatherland), La guerra lontana (The Distant War), Julius Caesar: A Play in Five Acts
Melvil Dewey United States 10 December 1851 26 December 1931 librarian, educator, founder of the Columbia University School of Library Service eponymous creator of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, founder and editor of the Library Journal, writer of Librarianship as a profession for college-bred women. An address delivered before the Association of collegiate alumnæ, on March 13, 1886, by Melvil Dewey and Statistics of libraries in the state of New York numbering over 300 volumes
Alfred Perceval Graves Ireland 22 July 1846 27 December 1931 poet, songwriter, folklorist, president of the Irish Literary Society Father O'Flynn, Songs of Old Ireland, Irish Songs and Ballads, Irish Folk-Songs, Songs of Erin[7]
Ieronim Yasinsky Russia 30 April 1850 31 December 1931 novelist, poet, literary critic, essayist, science fiction writer, children's writer The Kiev Stories, Natashka, The Sleeping Beauty, Irinarkh Plutarkhov, The Old Friend, The Great Man, Under Satan's Cloak

Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

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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 the creator's death.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
Maila Talvio Finland 17 October 1871 6 January 1951 novelist, short story writer, dramatist, non-fiction writer on the temperance movement Aili, Kaksi rakkautta, Kansan seassa, Pimeän pirtin hävitys
René Guénon France 15 November 1886 7 January 1951 writer on metaphysics, esotericist, Sufist The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times, Introduction to the Study of the Hindu doctrines, Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta, The Symbolism of the Cross
Sinclair Lewis United States 7 February 1885 10 January 1951 novelist, short-story writer, playwright. Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, Dodsworth, It Can't Happen Here
James Bridie United Kingdom 3 January 1888 29 January 1951 playwright, screenwriter, physician. A Sleeping Clergyman, Mary Read, Daphne Laureola, wrote the screenplays for the films The Paradine Case, Under Capricorn, and Stage Fright
Lloyd C. Douglas United States 27 August 1877 13 February 1951 historical novelist, Lutheran and Congregationalist minister The Robe, The Big Fisherman, Magnificent Obsession, Home for Christmas
Henri-René Lenormand France 3 May 1882 16 February 1951 playwright, popularized Freudian theories of psychoanalysis La Grande Mort, Le Réveil de l'instinct, Les Ratés, Confessions d'un auter dramatique
André Gide France 22 November 1869 19 February 1951 Novelist, essayist, dramatist The Immoralist, Strait Is the Gate, The Pastoral Symphony, The Counterfeiters, The Fruits of the Earth
Vsevolod Vishnevsky Russia 21 December 1900 28 February 1951 playwright, screenwriter, journalist, war correspondent An Optimistic Tragedy, We Are from Kronstadt, Battle at West, By the Walls of Leningrad, We, Russian People
János Zsupánek Hungary 6 January 1861 11 March 1951 poet, hymn writer Magyar dalok (Hungarian Songs), Vu iméni Ocsé, i Sziná, i Dühá, szvétoga Ámen (In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen), Mrtvecsne peszmi (Dirges), Szenje blázsene device Marie (The Fair of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Novine)
Oscar Micheaux United States 2 January 1884 25 March 1951 novelist, film director, independent film producer The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer, The Forged Note, The Homesteader: A Novel, The Wind from Nowhere, Masquerade, a Historical Novel
Henrik Visnapuu Estonia 2 January 1890 3 April 1951 playwright, Symbolist poet, school teacher, freelance journalist Amores, Ad astra, Mare Balticum, Linnutee
Sadegh Hedayat Iran 17 February 1903 9 April 1951 Modernist writer, novelist, short story writer, satirist, poet, translator The Blind Owl, The Stray Dog, The Benefits of Vegetarianism[8], Three Drops of Blood
Henry de Vere Stacpoole Ireland 9 April 1863 12 April 1951 romance novelist, memoirist, translator, conservation movement activist focusing on the protection of seabirds The Blue Lagoon, The Garden of God, The Gates of Morning, The Beach of Dreams: A Story of the True World
Ludwig Wittgenstein United Kingdom 26 April 1889 29 April 1951 philosopher, lexicographer Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Some Remarks on Logical Form, Philosophical Investigations, Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough
Alphonse de Châteaubriant France 25 March 1877 2 May 1951 novelist, fascist and Nazist political writer Monsieur des Lourdines, La Brière, ...Des saisons et des jours... Journal de l'auteur, 1911-1924, Fragments d'une confession – La sainteté
Paula von Preradović Austria 12 October 1887 25 May 1951 poet, lyricist, diarist Land der Berge, Land am Strome (Land of the Peaks, Land by the Stream), Wiener Chronik, Die Versuchung des Columba, Pave und Pero
Hermann Broch Austria 1 November 1886 30 May 1951 Modernist writer, novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer on mass psychology The Sleepwalkers, The Death of Virgil[9][10], The Guiltless, The Spell
Håkon Evjenth Norway 26 December 1894 10 June 1951 short story writer, children's writer, jurist, ethnographer with research focused on the Sami culture Folk under fot, 3 på to og 2 på fire, På to og fire i Suonjo, Over kjølen i kano, En fiskergutt i Sameland
W. C. Sellar United Kingdom 27 December 1898 11 June 1951 humourist, history teacher, schoolmaster 1066 and All That, And Now All This, Horse Nonsense, Garden Rubbish and other Country Bumps, contributor to the humour magazine Punch
William Randolph Hearst United States 29 April 1863 14 August 1951 newspaper publisher, politician, political propagandist eponymous founder of the media conglomerate Hearst Communications, co-founder of the print syndication company King Features Syndicate[11], founder and owner of the animation studio International Film Service which produced animated adaptations of the comic strips Krazy Kat, The Katzenjammer Kids, And Her Name Was Maud, Happy Hooligan, Jerry on the Job, Bringing Up Father, Abie the Agent, and Judge Rummy.[12] Published propaganda in favor of Nazi Germany during the interwar period, and published newspaper columns without rebuttal which were written by Nazi leaders such as Hermann Göring and Alfred Rosenberg. [13]
Richard Malden United Kingdom 19 October 1879 August 1951 Ghost story writer, classical scholar, biblical scholar, President of the Somerset Archaeological Society, magazine editor, Anglican clergyman Nine Ghosts, The Church of Headingley in Four Centuries, The Story of Wells Cathedral, The Apocrypha, The Growth of a Cathedral Church, Abbeys, their Rise and Fall, The Hangings In The Quire Of Wells Cathedral
Abraham Cahan United States 7 July 1860 31 August 1951 Socialist politician, newspaper editor, novelist The Imported Bridegroom, and Other Stories of the New York Ghetto, Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto, The Rise of David Levinsky
Antoine Bibesco Romania 19 July 1878 2 September 1951 dramatist, translator, diplomat, lawyer Letters of Marcel Proust to Antoine Bibesco, Ladies All
F. G. Loring United Kingdom 11 March 1869 7 September 1951 Vampire literature writer, technical journalist, naval correspondent The Tomb of Sarah
Petre P. Negulescu Romania 18 October 1870 28 September 1951 philosopher, radical conservative politician, university professor wrote non-fiction tracts against the concepts of biological determinism and scientific racism, he also wrote Critica apriorismului și a empirismului (A Critique of Apriorism and Empiricism), Psihologia stilului (The Psychology of Style), Impersonalitatea și morala în artă (Impersonality and Morality in Art), Filosofia în viața practică (Philosophy in Practical Life), Rolul ideilor în progresul social (The Role of Ideas in Social Progress)
I. C. Vissarion Romania 2 February 1879 5 November 1951 folklorist, fairy tale writer, science fiction and science fantasy writer, poet, anti-establishment political activist, inventor, esotericist, amateur researcher of environmental science, wave power, and renewable energy, promoter of pseudoscience. Plăvanii (The Hoary Ones), Cartea omului neînțeles (The Book of a Misunderstood Man),Agerul Pământului (Earth's Agility), Energie mecanică în lumea în care ne găsim (Mechanic Energy for This World We Now Inhabit), Ghiță Cătănuță (Little Soldier Ghiță), Ochi negri(Black Eyes)
Timrava Slovakia 2 October 1867 27 November 1951 novelist, short story writer, playwright, satirist, kindergarten teacher, caretaker of collections at the Slovak National Museum That Alluring Land : Slovak Stories, co-published the journal Ratolest (Sprig)
Pedro Salinas Spain 27 November 1891 4 December 1951 poet, university teacher, literary critic, translator Reality and the Poet in Spanish Poetry, Presagios (Omens), Seguro azar (Certain chance), Underwood girls
Algernon Blackwood United Kingdom 14 March 1869 10 December 1951 ghost story writer, novelist, short story writer, journalist, occultist The Willows, The Wendigo, Incredible Adventures, The Doll and One Other

Entering the public domain in the United States

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See also: Public domain in the United States

In the United States, the copyright status of works extends for the life of the author or artists, plus 70 years.[14][15] If the work is owned by a corporation, then the copyright extends 95 years.[16]

Due to the passing of the Copyright Term Extension Act (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) in 1998, no new works would enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019.[17]

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Directive 2006/116/EC
  3. ^ Southworth, Helen (2004), The intersecting realities and fictions of Virginia Woolf and Colette, Ohio State University Press, p. 111, ISBN 978-0-8142-5136-2
  4. ^ Mayyasi, Alex (23 June 2016). "Why Does a Tire Company Publish the Michelin Guide?". Priceonomics. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016.
  5. ^ Ileana-Stanca Desa, Dulciu Morărescu, Ioana Patriche, Adriana Raliade, Iliana Sulică, Publicațiile periodice românești (ziare, gazete, reviste). Vol. III: Catalog alfabetic 1919-1924, p. 651. Bucharest: Editura Academiei, 1987
  6. ^ Heitmann, John. "Edvart Rølvaag". Norwegian-American Historical Association. p. 144. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  7. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Graves, Alfred Perceval". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 383.
  8. ^ Sollars, Michael; Jennings, Arbolina Llamas. (2008). The Facts on File Companion to the World Novel 1900 to the Present. Facts On File. p. 347. ISBN ISBN 978-1438108360
  9. ^ "Broch, Hermann (1886–1951) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism". www.rem.routledge.com. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  10. ^ "A Companion to the Works of Hermann Broch". Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  11. ^ A Directory of Newspaper Syndicates in the United States (compiled from the Ayer Newspaper Directory for 1936 and Editor and Publisher International Year Book for 1936.)
  12. ^ "William Randolph Hearst". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  13. ^ Parenti, Michael (1997). Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism. San Francisco: City Lights Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-87286-329-3.
  14. ^ "What Could Have Entered the Public Domain | Duke University School of Law".
  15. ^ "S.505 - One Hundred Fifth Congress of the United States of America at the Session Session. An act to amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright, and for other purposes" (PDF). U.S. Copyright Office.
  16. ^ "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States | Copyright Information Center".
  17. ^ "United States Copyright Law". Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2012-06-02.