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Revision as of 14:09, 8 November 2016
When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that enter the public domain in 2017. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.
Entering the public domain in Europe
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. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2017.[1][2]
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Adami |  Italy
|
4 February 1878 | 12 October 1946 | librettist | libretti for three operas composed by Giacomo Puccini |
| Armando Augusto Freire |  Portugal
|
11 October 1891 | 21 December 1946 | Fado guitarist and composer | |
| Louis Bachelier |  France
|
11 March 1870 | 28 April 1946 | Mathematician | |
| Herbert Baker |  United Kingdom
|
9 June 1862 | 4 February 1946 | Architect | |
| Helen Bannerman | United Kingdom
|
25 February 1862 | 3 October 1946 | Writer | The Story of Little Black Sambo |
| Granville Bantock |  England
|
7 August 1868 | 16 October 1946 | composer | |
| James Bernard | United Kingdom
|
11 April 1874 | 5 March 1946 | Elocutionist | |
| Allan Cyril Brooks |  Canada
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15 February 1869 | 3 January 1946 | Ornithologist, Illustrator and artist | |
| John Maynard Keynes | United Kingdom
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5 June 1883 | 21 April 1946 | Economist | A Treatise On Money |
| Hermann von Keyserling |  Germany
|
20 July 1880 | 26 April 1946 | Philosopher | |
| Otis Adelbert Kline |  United States
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1 July 1891 | 24 October 1946 | Literary agent and science fiction writer | |
| Paul Langevin | France
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21 January 1872 | 19 December 1946 | Physicist | |
| Adolph de Meyer | France
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9 January 1868 | 6 January 1946 | Photographer | |
| László Moholy-Nagy |  Hungary
|
20 July 1895 | 24 November 1946 | Painter and photographer | Light-Space Modulator |
| Damon Runyon | United States
|
4 October 1880 | 10 December 1946 | Writer and newspaperman | |
| Harry Von Tilzer | United States
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8 July 1872 | 10 January 1946 | Songwriter | Ziegfeld Follies |
| Frona Eunice Wait | United States
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19 August 1859 | 1946 | Author and newspaper writer | Wines and Vines of California |
| H. G. Wells | United Kingdom
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21 September 1866 | 13 August 1946 | Writer | The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds |
Entering the public domain in the United States
The Copyright Term Extension Act means no published works will enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019.[3] Only unpublished works whose authors died in 1946 enter the public domain.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Undelete in 2017.
- Public Domain Day
- 2012 in public domain
- 2013 in public domain
- 2014 in public domain
- 2015 in public domain
- 2016 in public domain
- Around 400 authors listed in Wikidata
- Over 300 public domain authors available in Wikisource (any language), with descriptions from Wikidata
- Creative Commons
- List of authors who died in 1946
References
- ^ "EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard". Billboard.biz. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- ^ Directive 2006/116/EC
- ^ "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. Retrieved 2015-12-13.