2017 in public domain

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 Italy 4 February 1878 12 October 1946 librettist Libretti for three operas composed by Giacomo Puccini
Armando Augusto Freire Portugal Portugal 11 October 1891 21 December 1946 Fado guitarist and composer
Louis Bachelier France France 11 March 1870 28 April 1946 Mathematician
Herbert Baker United Kingdom United Kingdom 9 June 1862 4 February 1946 Architect
Helen Bannerman United Kingdom United Kingdom 25 February 1862 3 October 1946 Writer The Story of Little Black Sambo
Granville Bantock England England 7 August 1868 16 October 1946 composer
James Bernard United Kingdom United Kingdom 11 April 1874 5 March 1946 Elocutionist
Auguste Boute Belgium Belgium 1875 1946 Painter
Allan Cyril Brooks Canada Canada 15 February 1869 3 January 1946 Ornithologist, illustrator and artist
Charles Despiau France France 4 November 1874 30 October 1946 Sculptor
Jean Vanden Eeckhoudt Belgium Belgium 1875 1946 Painter
Léopold Fleischhacker Germany Germany 1872 1946 Painter
Gaston Geleyn[3] Belgium Belgium 1892 1946 Painter
Louis Gendebien[4] Belgium Belgium 1882 1946 Painter
John Maynard Keynes United Kingdom United Kingdom 5 June 1883 21 April 1946 Economist A Treatise on Money
Hermann von Keyserling Germany Germany 20 July 1880 26 April 1946 Philosopher
Otis Adelbert Kline United States United States 1 July 1891 24 October 1946 Literary agent and science fiction writer
Paul Langevin France France 21 January 1872 19 December 1946 Physicist
Henri Le Fauconnier France France 1881 1946 Painter
Adolph de Meyer France France 9 January 1868 6 January 1946 Photographer
László Moholy-Nagy Hungary Hungary 20 July 1895 24 November 1946 Painter and photographer Light-Space Modulator
Marguerite Putsage Belgium Belgium 1868 1946 Painter
Damon Runyon United States United States 4 October 1880 10 December 1946 Writer and newspaperman
Léon Spilliaert Belgium Belgium 28 July 1881 23 November 1946 Painter
Harry Von Tilzer United States United States 8 July 1872 10 January 1946 Songwriter Ziegfeld Follies
Frona Eunice Wait United States United States 19 August 1859 1946 Author and newspaper writer Wines and Vines of California
H. G. Wells United Kingdom United Kingdom 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.[5] Only unpublished works whose authors died in 1946 enter the public domain.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard". Billboard.biz. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. ↑ Directive 2006/116/EC
  3. ↑ Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (1984). Catalogue inventaire de la peinture moderne. Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. p. 247.
  4. ↑ Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (1984). Catalogue inventaire de la peinture moderne. Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. p. 247.
  5. ↑ "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
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