When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2010. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.
Entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years With the exception of Belarus & Spain (which has a copyright term of 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.Directive 2006/116/EC The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2010.
Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work Margarete Böhme novelist, short story writer Tagebuch einer Verlorenen Solomon Cleaver novelist Jean Val Jean Ethel M. Dell romance novelist The Rocks of Valpré Mary Frances Dowdall novelist Susie Yesterday, To-Day, and Forever; Three Loving Ladies, The Tactless Man Havelock Ellis medical textbook writer, eugenicist, psychologist Studies in the Psychology of Sex Vol. 2, A Study of British Genius Ford Madox Ford novelist, poet The Good Soldier, Parade's EndSigmund Freud Neurologist and psychoanalystIntroduction to Psychoanalysis, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Civilization and Its Discontents Ludwig Fulda novelist, playwright, poet Der Seeräuber, Aladdin und die Wunderlampe Agnes Giberne children's writer, novelist, science writer Sun, Moon and Stars: Astronomy for Beginners, Among the Stars, or wonderful things in the sky Zane Grey Western novelist Riders of the Purple Sage, The Rainbow Trail Richard Halliburton travel writer The Royal Road to Romance, The Glorious Adventure Robin Hyde novelist, poet Passport to Hell, Check To Your King Vladislav Khodasevich poet, memoirist Heavy Lyre, Necropolis, Volter Kilpi novelist Alastalon salissa Alcina Leite Pindahíba (pt) Educator Campesinas Antonio Machado poet Juan de Mairena Leonard Merrick novelist, short story writer, playwright Mr Bazalgette's Agent, Conrad in Quest of His YouthAlphonse Mucha Painter, illustrator and graphic artistThe Slav Epic Kanoko Okamoto poet, short story writer A Riot of Goldfish Llewelyn Powys essayist, novelist A Pagan's Pilgrimage, Now That The Gods Are Dead Arthur Rackham book illustrator illustrations for Rip Van Winkle, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Gulliver's TravelsMaurice Renard AuthorThe Hands of Orlac and The Blue Peril Amanda McKittrick Ros novelist, poet Irene Iddesleigh Joseph Roth novelist, essayist The Wandering Jews, Radetzky March E. C. Segar cartoonist Popeye, Thimble Theatre Caton Theodorian playwright, poet, short story writer and novelist Bujoreștii ("The Bujorescus") S. S. Van Dine mystery writer The Benson Murder Case, The Bishop Murder Case Amy Catherine Walton children's writer A Peep Behind the Scenes W. B. Yeats poet, dramatist, prose writer The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics
Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years 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.
NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work Manuel Altolaguirre poet, screenwriter Las islas invitadas y otros poemas(The Invited Isle and Other Poems), El triunfo de las germanías (The Triumph of the Brotherhood of the Guilds) Maxwell Anderson playwright, poet Both Your Houses, Joan of LorraineEdwin BalmerAuthorWhen Worlds Collide Johan Bojer novelist, playwright Den siste viking (The Last of the Vikings), Vor egen stamme(The Emigrants) Arnolt Bronnen playwright Parricide, Birth of Youth Emil František Burian poet, playwright Member of Osvobozené divadlo Raymond Chandler detective fiction novelist, screenwriter The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely; The Little Sister, The Long Goodbye Laxmi Prasad Devkota poet, playwright, novelist Muna Madan, Shakuntala Apsley Cherry-Garrard memoirist The Worst Journey in the World G. D. H. Cole political theorist, economist, historian, short story writer The Brooklyn Murders, The Death of a Millionaire W. W. Greg bibliographer, Shakespearean scholar Dramatic Documents from the Elizabethan Playhouses, English Literary Autographs, 1550–1650Otfrid von Hanstein GermanyAuthor Laurence Housman novelist, playwright, illustrator An Englishwoman's Love-letters, Victoria Regina Julien Josephson screenwriter Lady Windermere's Fan, The Bat, Heidi, Wee Willie WinkieAlfred KubinAuthor and illustratorThe Other Side Edwin Muir Poet, Novelist The Present Age from 1914, The Scots and Their Country Luis Palés Matos Poet El palacio en sombras (The Palace in Shadows), Falsa canción de baquiné (False Song of a funeral for a child) Benjamin Péret Poet Le Passager du transatlantique, De derrière les fagots Sax Rohmer crime novelist, horror fiction writer The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, Brood of the Witch-Queen Alfred Schütz philosopher, social phenomenologist William James' Concept of the Stream of Consciousness Phenomenologically Interpreted, The Stranger Pauline Smith novelist, short story writer, memoirist, playwright The Little Karoo, The Beadle Galaktion Tabidze poet The Wind Blows José Vasconcelos philosopher La raza cósmica (The Cosmic Race) Boris Vian novelist I Spit on Your Graves, Froth on the Daydream Percy F. Westerman children's writer King of Kilba
Entering the 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. If the work is owned by a corporation, then the copyright extends 95 years.
Due to the passing of the Copyright Term Extension Act (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) in 1998, works never registered or published before January 1, 1978, and whose authors died before 1940 entered the public domain in this jurisdiction on January 1, 2010. Other works would not enter the public domain here until 2019.
Worldwide On November 22, 2010, the British Library released 3 million bibliographic records into the public domain.
On December 9, 2010, CERN released its book catalog into the public domain.
See also 1959 in literature for deaths of writers Public Domain Day Creative Commons
References
External links Which works fall into the public domain in 2010? Public Domain Day 2010: A roundup Public Domain Day: January 1, 2010 What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2010? Under the law that existed until 1978 . . . Works from 1953 Nothing to celebrate on Public Domain Day 2010 in the US