2005 in public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2005. 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.[1][2] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2005.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
Jakob Wassermann  Germany 10 March 1873 1 January 1934 novelist. Melusine, The Maurizius Case, My Life as German and Jew
Dorothy Edwards  United Kingdom 18 August 1902 5 January 1934 novelist, short story writer. Rhapsody, Winter Sonata
Andrei Bely  Russia 26 October 1880 8 January 1934 novelist, poet, literary critic. Petersburg, The Silver Dove
Helen Zimmern  United Kingdom 25 March 1846 11 January 1934 children's writer, biographer, political writer, translator. Arthur Schopenhauer, his Life and his Philosophy, Tripoli and Young Italy
Hermann Bahr  Austria 19 July 1863 15 January 1934 novelist, playwright, art critic, literary critic. The Concert, Expressionismus
Ferenc Móra  Hungary 19 July 1879 8 February 1934 novelist, journalist, museologist. Sons of the Slave Man, A Journey in the Underground Hungary, Suns, Moons, Bygone Stars
Emeline Harriet Howe  United States 2 January 1844 28 February 1934 poet. Poems, A Basket of Fragments, From Height to Height
Thomas Anstey Guthrie  United Kingdom 8 August 1856 10 March 1934 comic novelist, parodist, humorist. Vice Versa, The Man from Blankley's, The Tinted Venus
Safvet-beg Bašagić  Bosnia 6 May 1870 9 April 1934 biographer, poet, bibliographer, translator. Bosnians and Herzegovinians in Islamic literature, Illustrious Croats - Bosnians and Herzegovinians in the Ottoman empire
R. C. Packer  Australia 24 July 1879 12 April 1934 journalist, newspaper editor, publisher. founder of Smith's Weekly and the Daily Guardian
Paul Zarifopol  Romania 30 November 1874 1 May 1934 literary critic, social critic, essayist, literary historian, magazine publisher. founder of Revista Fundațiilor Regale, writer of A Register of Tender Ideas, Artists and Ideas in Romanian Literature
John Gray  United Kingdom 2 March 1866 14 June 1934 poet, novelist, translator. Park: A Fantastic Story, Silverpoints, Spiritual Poems, chiefly done out of several languages
Thorne Smith  United States 27 March 1892 20 June 1934 fantasy writer, comedy writer, mystery writer, poet, screenwriter. Topper, Topper Takes a Trip, The Night Life of the Gods, Turnabout
Naitō Konan  Japan 27 August 1866 26 June 1934 historian, Sinologist. Nara
Fritz Gerlich  Germany 15 February 1883 30 June 1934 journalist, historian, political writer, satirist. The Testament of Henry VI, Communism as the Theory of the Thousand Year Reich, Does Hitler Have Mongolian Blood?
Karl-Günther Heimsoth  Germany 4 December 1899 June 1934 physician, sexologist, homosexual activist, astrologist. Hetero- and Homophilia, Love Between Friends or Homosexuality, Character Constellation: With Particular Reference to Homosexuality
Willi Schmid  Germany 12 April 1893 30 June 1934 music critic, musician. music critic for the Münchener Neueste Nachrichten, founder of the music band Munich Viol Quartet
Hayim Nahman Bialik  Ukraine 9 January 1873 4 July 1934 poet, essayist, translator, publisher, folklorist. In the City of Slaughter, Sefer HaAggadah
Julian Hawthorne  United States 22 June 1846 14 July 1934 novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, travel writer, biographer, historian. The Great Bank Robbery, An American Penman, A Tragic Mystery, Section 558, Another's Crime
Karl Joel  Germany 27 March 1864 23 July 1934 philosopher. Nietzsche und die Romantik, Ursprung der Naturphilosophie aus dem Geiste der Mystik, Geschichte der antiken Philosophie
Frane Bulić  Croatia 4 October 1846 29 July 1934 archaeologist, historian. Croatian monuments in the Knin area and Dalmatia from the age of Croatian national dynasties, Palace of Emperor Diocletian in Split, The steps of the Croatian national rulers
Mary Hunter Austin  United States 9 September 1868 13 August 1934 nature writer, playwright. The Land of Little Rain, The Arrow Maker, Taos Pueblo
Rebecca Richardson Joslin  United States 20 March 1846 30 August 1934 essayist, historian. Chasing Eclipses: The Total Solar Eclipses of 1905, 1914, 1925, 1929, Essays on Early Years of Charles V. in Spain, War of the Comuneros, Rival Claimants to the Spanish Throne, French Influence in Spain, Italian Literature in the Time of Charles III. of Spain
Roger Fry  United Kingdom 14 December 1866 9 September 1934 painter, art critic, essayist, translator. An essay in Aesthetics, Art History as an Academic Study, The Artist and Psycho-Analysis, Flemish Art
Gheorghe Bogdan-Duică  Romania 2 January 1866 21 September 1934 literary critic, biographer, editor, translator. The Romanians and the Jews, Pointless Literature (of Course by Lucian Blaga))
Arthur Wing Pinero  United Kingdom 24 May 1855 23 November 1934 playwright, actor. The Magistrate, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Trelawny of the "Wells", The Gay Lord Quex
Gustave Lanson  France 5 August 1857 15 December 1934 historian, literary critic, biographer. Molière and Farce, The New Poetry in France, The Modern Subjects in Secondary Education
Wallace Thurman  United States 16 August 1902 22 December 1934 novelist, screenwriter, playwright, ghostwriter, essayist, satirist, editor, publisher. The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life, Harlem: A Melodrama of Negro Life in Harlem, Infants of the Spring
Cora Linn Daniels  United States 17 March 1852 1934 mystery novelist, poet, newspaper editor, journalist, folklorist, encyclopedia writer. The Bronze Buddha: A Mystery, As It Is To Be, Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World: A Comprehensive Library of Human Belief and Practice in the Mysteries of Life

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.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
Duff Cooper  United Kingdom 22 February 1890 1 January 1954 military historian, political historian, novelist. Old Men Forget, The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915–1951, Sergeant Shakespeare, Operation Heartbreak
E. K. Chambers  United Kingdom 16 March 1866 21 January 1954 literary historian, theatre historian, literary critic, Shakespearean scholar. The Elizabethan Stage, The Medieval Stage, The History and Motives of Literary Forgeries, English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages
M. N. Roy  India 21 March 1887 25 January 1954 philosopher, political theorist. India in Transition, The Future of Indian Politics, Revolution and Counter-revolution in China, The Philosophical Consequence of Modern Science
Hella Wuolijoki  Finland 22 July 1886 2 February 1954 novelist, playwright. Entäs nyt, Niskavuori?, The Sawdust Princess
Maxwell Bodenheim  United States 26 May 1892 6 February 1954 novelist, poet, memoirist, journalist. My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village, Naked on Roller Skates, New York Madness, Cutie : a warm mamma
Francis Brett Young  United Kingdom 29 June 1884 28 March 1954 novelist, poet, playwright, composer, memoirist. Sea Horses, Portrait of Clare, Black Roses
Juan Álvarez  Argentina 3 September 1878 8 April 1954 historian. Essay on the history of Santa Fe, History of Rosario (1689–1939)
Winnifred Eaton  Canada 21 August 1875 8 April 1954 novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, cookbook writer. Miss Nume of Japan, A Japanese Nightingale, Me, A Book of Remembrance, Chinese-Japanese Cook Book
C. Fox Smith  United Kingdom 1 February 1882 8 April 1954 poet, nautical writer, novelist, short story writer, travel writer. All the Way Round: Sea Roads to Africa, A Book of Shanties, A Sea Chest: an Anthology of Ships and Sailormen, Ancient Mariners: Some Salt Water Yesterdays
Russell Davenport  United States 1899 19 April 1954 writer, magazine editor. My Country, A Poem of America, The Dignity of Man
Earnest Hooton  United States 20 November 1887 3 May 1954 physical anthropologist, cartoonist, humorist. Up From The Ape, Apes, Men, and Morons, Young Man, You are Normal, Breed War Strain Out of Germans
Constantin Beldie  Romania 8 September 1887 11 June 1954 journalist, publicist, memoirist, satirist, translator. Gloss on the Bookish Spirit, What Is It We Want? A Catechism for Indecisive Souls, People Seen from Up Close
Grantland Rice  United States 1 November 1880 13 July 1954 sportswriter, poet. Songs of the Stalwart, The Tumult and the Shouting, Base-Ball Ballads: Grantland Rice, Casey's Revenge
Jacinto Benavente  Spain 12 August 1866 14 July 1954 playwright. The Unloved Woman, The Bonds of Interest, The Lady of the House
Julián Padrón  Venezuela 8 September 1910 2 August 1954 novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist, publisher. Primavera Nocturna, Este Mundo Desolado, Parásitas Negras
Colette  France 28 January 1873 3 August 1954 novelist, short story writer, actress, journalist. Gigi, The Tendrils of the Vine, Claudine at School
Miles Franklin  Australia 14 October 1879 19 September 1954 novelist, playwright. My Brilliant Career, All That Swagger, On Dearborn Street, My Career Goes Bung
W. J. Gruffydd  United Kingdom 14 February 1881 29 September 1954 scholar, poet, editor. Lyrics
Oswald de Andrade  Brazil 11 January 1890 22 October 1954 novelist, playwright, poet, cultural critic. Manifesto Antropófago (Anthropophagist Manifesto), Manifesto Pau-Brasil (Manifesto of Pau-Brasil Poetry)
Ludovic Dauș  Romania 1 October 1873 17 November 1954 novelist, playwright, poet, translator. Unto Death, Akmiutis, Eglà
Lucien Tesnière  France 13 May 1893 6 December 1954 linguist. Elements of Structural Syntax, Petite grammaire russe
James Hilton  United Kingdom 9 September 1900 20 December 1954 novelist, screenwriter. Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Random Harvest

Entering the public domain in the United States

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.[3][4] If the work is owned by a corporation, then the copyright extends 95 years.[5]

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.[6]

See also

References

  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. ^ "What Could Have Entered the Public Domain | Duke University School of Law".
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States | Copyright Information Center".
  6. ^ "United States Copyright Law". Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2012-06-02.