When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2006. 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 (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.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, 2006.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work Lewis Grassic Gibbon novelist. A Scots Quair, Spartacus Ioan Bianu philologist and bibliographer. Bibliografia Românească veche (1508–1830), Catalogul manuscriselor românești din Biblioteca Academiei Vernon Lee writer of supernatural fiction, essayist on aesthetics. Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy, Euphorion: Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance Tsubouchi Shōyō playwright, novelist, translator Kiri Hitoha (A Paulownia Leaf), Hototogisu Kojō no Rakugetsu (The Sinking Moon over the Lonely Castle Where the Cuckoo Cries) Edwin Arlington Robinson playwright, poet Children of The Night, The Man Who Died Twice Anna Katharine Green detective novelist, poet The Leavenworth Case, Marked "Personal" Panait Istrati short story writer Les Récits d'Adrien Zograffi (The Stories of Adrian Zografi), Adolescence d'Adrien Zograffi (Adolescence of Adrian Zografi) T. E. Lawrence autobiographer Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Mint Kaitarō Hasegawa novelist, translator Jappu shobai orai (A Jap Businessman's Guide), Tange Sazen George William Russell poet, painter, literary critic, writer on mysticism Candle of Vision: Autobiography of a Mystic, The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity William Watson poet The Purple East: A Series Of Sonnets On England's Desertion of Armenia, The Superhuman Antagonists and Other Poems Charlotte Perkins Gilman novelist, short story writer, magazine editor The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland Henri Barbusse novelist, short story writer, poet Under Fire, Hell Iván Persa religious writer Od vnouge i velke miloscse i pomoucsi szvétoga skapulera Winifred Holtby novelist, poet, non-fiction writer South Riding, Women and a changing civilization Steele Rudd short story writer, novelist On Our Selection, The Romance of Runnibede Ella Loraine Dorsey writer of young adult fiction, translator, encyclopedia contributor The Knickerbocker Ghost, The Tsar's Horses Mary R. P. Hatch novelist, poet The Upland mystery : a tragedy of New England, The bank tragedy : a novel Louise Manning Hodgkins educational writer, editor, historian on religious history A Guide to the study of nineteenth century authors, Via Christi : an introduction to the study of missions Mary G. Charlton Edholm journalist, editor, non-fiction writer on sex trafficking The Traffic in Girls and Florence Crittenton Missions, Shall our Women Vote? Fernando Pessoa poet, literary critic, translator, philosopher Mensagem, The Book of Disquiet Stanley G. Weinbaum science fiction writer A Martian Odyssey, Valley of Dreams Lizette Woodworth Reese poet A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days, The Old House in the Country Kurt Tucholsky political writer, satirist, essayist Rheinsberg, Schloss Gripsholm Clarence Day comic writer, cartoonist Life with Father, God and my Father

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 workPainter, IllustratorWorksDmytro AbramovychHistorian, writerKyiv Caves Patericon (editor) PainterPortrait of B. K. RudnievJames AgeeNovelist, Journalist, Poet, ScreenwriterA Death in the Family, Let Us Now Praise Famous MenSilvio D'Amico Theatre theorist PoliticianUkrainian Nationalism, 1917—1919 ZoologistOn the ornithology of the Kharkov provinceRuby M. AyresRomance novelistRichard Chatterton, V.C., Castles in Spain, and other booksJohannes BaaderWriter, Artist, ArchitectLloyd BaconActor, Film directorFilmography as director WriterWorks Literary scholarFundamentals of the Ukrainian Literary and Scholarly Criticism PoliticianWhat I saw in Transcarpathia from 1918 to 1946Gilbert CannanNovelist, dramatistThe Release of the Soul, Windmills: A Book of FablesDale CarnegieWriter on self-helpHow to Win Friends and Influence People, How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingPierre Teilhard de ChardinJesuit priest, Scientist, Paleontologist, Theologian, PhilosopherThe Phenomenon of Man, Writings in Time of WarBeatrice ChaseNovelist, religious writer, photographerThe Voice of the River, The Heart of the Moor PoetWorksPaul ClaudelPoet, DramatistThe Satin Slipper, Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, and other worksRobert P. T. CoffinPoet, literary critic, editorThe Dukes of Buckingham, Playboys of the Stuart World, Red Sky in the MorningJim CorbettNaturalist, writerMan-Eaters of KumaonDonald CorleyShort story author, illustrator, architect ComposerMain operettasWilliam C. deMilleScreenwriter, Film directorFilmography DirectorStormIsaak DunayevskyComposerWide is My Motherland, Moya Moskva Politician, essayistThe ideological and political face of VKP(b) and VLKSMMary Tracy EarleShort story writer, essayist, librarianThe Wonderful Wheel, Through Old Rose GlassesAlbert EinsteinTheoretical physicistScientific publications, The Evolution of Physics, The Meaning of RelativityGeorge EnescuComposerCompositionsAdalbert ErdeliPainter, sculptorRiver in UzhhorodConcha EspinaWriterBibliographyÉmile Fabre PlaywrightPlaysJoseph Jefferson FarjeonNovelist, Playwright, ScreenwriterNumber 17, The Z Murders, and other worksNicolai FechinPainterPortrait of Jack HunterSári FedákSinger Alexander Fleming PhysicianOn the Antibacterial Action of Cultures of a Penicillium (...)José Ortega y GassetPhilosopher, EssayistThe Revolt of the Masses, The Dehumanization of Art, and other worksCalouste GulbenkianBusinessman, philanthropistLa Transcaucasie et la péninsule d'Apchéron; souvenirs de voyageRodolfo GrazianiGeneralBooks Writer, translatorHungarian MelodiesConstance HolmeNovelist, playwrightThe Old Road from Spain, The Wisdom of the Simple and Other StoriesArthur HoneggerComposerCompositionsClemence HousmanAuthorMaría IzquierdoPainterHerbert Stanley JevonsEconomistJames P. JohnsonComposer, pianistCharlestonEmma JungPsychologist, writerAnimus and AnimaMihály KárolyiPoliticianMemoirs: Faith without IllusionStepan KolesnikoffPainter, sculptorOn the SeashoreNikolay KrylovMathematicianLes Méthodes de Solution Approchée des Problèmes de la Physique Mathématique ComposerDanylo HalytskyiFernand LégerPainter, Sculptor, Filmmaker SingerRoger MaisNovelist, short story writer, poet, playwrightThe Hills Were Joyful Together, Brother Man LawyerPrawo karne: wykład porównawczy z uwzględnieniem prawa obowiązującego w Rzeczypospolitej PolskiejThomas MannNovelist, philosopher, essayistBuddenbrooks, Doctor Faustus, and other worksCarl MillesSculptorWorksCarmen MirandaSingerO Que É Que A Baiana Tem?António Egas MonizNeurologistPrefrontal leucotomy. Surgical treatment of certain psychosesAdrienne MonnierWriter, publisher, translatorSouvenirs de Londres, Rue de l'Odéon Historian, journalistWhat Are the Courts Like Today in Ukraine?Garegin NzhdehStatesman, writerPages from my diary, An open letter to the Armenian intelligentsiaJaime OvalleComposerWorksAlexandros PapagosGeneralThe battle for GreeceCharlie ParkerSaxophonistMax PechsteinPainterFrancesco Balilla PratellaComposerSelected WorksHerbert PutnamLibrarianPutnam Classification SystemMahammad Amin RasulzadePolitician, playwrightSiyavush of our century ComposerRobert RiskinScreenwriter, PlaywrightBless You Sister, Many a Slip, and other filmsHelena RoerichPhilosopher, writerThe Holy Scripture of Agni YogaRupprecht, Crown Prince of BavariaGeneral, princeMy War DiaryAngo SakaguchiWriterDarakuron, Kazehakase AdmiralMilitary fleet of UkraineNat SchachnerAuthor and biographerSpace LawyerCharles ShawDetective novelist, short story writerHeaven Knows, Mr. Allison and You're Wrong, DelaneyRobert E. SherwoodScreenwriter, playwrightWaterloo Bridge, Idiot's DelightNicolas de StaëlPainterRainer StahelGeneralDas 1. Lothringische Infanterie-Regiment Nr 130 (...)Al. T. StamatiadPoet, short story writer, dramatist, translatorNoapte, Cetatea cu porțile închiseWallace StevensModernist poetThe Auroras of Autumn, Harmonium, The Man with the Blue GuitarYves TanguyPainterPaintingsYevgeny TarleHistorianNapoleon's Invasion of Russia, 1812Tin UjevićPoetMrsko ja, Ispit savjesti, and other worksMaurice UtrilloPainterPainterAnwar WagdiDirectorThe Flirtation of GirlsLéon Werth WriterBooksHermann WeylMathematician, Theoretical physicist, PhilosopherBibliographyAlexander WienerbergerPhotographer, engineerPhotographic evidence of Holodomor Politician, lawyerUkrainian-Muscovite Treaties of the 17th–18th Centuries

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 1936 entered the public domain in this jurisdiction on January 1, 2006. Other works would not enter the public domain here until 2019.

See also 1905 in literature, 1935 in literature and 1955 in literature for deaths of writers Public Domain Day Creative Commons

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