Social:2011 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 2011. 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.[1][2] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2011.
Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
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J.-H. Rosny aîné | Belgium France |
1856 | 1940 | Author | Les Xipéhuz and The Death of the Earth |
Walter Benjamin | Germany | 1892 | 1940 | Philosopher | The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction |
E. F. Benson | United Kingdom | 1867 | 1940 | Writer, archeologist | Mapp and Lucia series: Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp |
John Buchan | United Kingdom | 1875 | 1940 | Writer, politician | List of works by John Buchan |
Pedro de Alcântara | Brazil | 1875 | 1940 | ||
Mikhail Bulgakov | Russia | 1891 | 1940 | Writer | Heart of a Dog |
Jan F. E. Celliers | South Africa | 1865 | 1940 | Writer | Die Vlakte en ander gedigte |
Louis Fles | Netherlands | 1872 | 1940 | Businessman, author | Hitler, hervormer of misdadiger? |
Walter Hasenclever | Germany | 1890 | 1940 | Poet, playwright | The Son |
Verner von Heidenstam | Sweden | 1859 | 1940 | Writer | Folkunga Trädet |
John A. Hobson | United Kingdom | 1858 | 1940 | Economist | List of works by John A. Hobson |
Paul Klee | Switzerland | 1879 | 1940 | Artist | Paul Klee Notebooks |
Jan Kubelík | Czech Republic | 1880 | 1940 | Composer | |
Selma Lagerlöf | Sweden | 1858 | 1940 | Writer, teacher | Gösta Berling's Saga |
George Lansbury | United Kingdom | 1859 | 1940 | Politician, editor | What I Saw in Russia |
Philip Francis Nowlan | United States | 1888 | 1940 | Author | Armageddon 2419 A.D. |
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer | Poland | 1865 | 1940 | Writer | The End of the 19th Century, Hymn to Nirvana |
Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao | India | 1865 | 1940 | Writer | Works |
Silvestre Revueltas | Mexico | 1899 | 1940 | Composer | Homenaje a Federico García Lorca |
Anton Hansen Tammsaare | Estonia | 1878 | 1940 | Writer | Truth and Justice, |
Menno ter Braak | Netherlands | 1902 | 1940 | Writer | Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer |
Leon Trotsky | Russia | 1879 | 1940 | Marxist theorist | List of books by Leon Trotsky |
Édouard Vuillard | France | 1868 | 1940 | Artist | The Seamstress |
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 |
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Chris van Abkoude | Netherlands | 1880 | 1960 | Writer, Novelist | Pietje Bell |
Lady Cynthia Asquith | United Kingdom | 1887 | 1960 | Author and editor | This Mortal Coil |
Eric Temple Bell | United Kingdom United States |
1883 | 1960 | Mathematician and science fiction writer | |
Albert Camus | France | 1913 | 1960 | Philosopher, author | The Stranger |
Victor Rousseau Emanuel | United Kingdom | 1879 | 1960 | Author | |
John Russell Fearn | United Kingdom | 1908 | 1960 | Author | |
Elsie J. Oxenham | United Kingdom | 1880 | 1960 | Children's novelist | Abbey Series of books |
Eden Phillpotts | United Kingdom | 1862 | 1960 | Author, poet and dramatist | The Farmer's Wife |
Nevil Shute | United Kingdom | 1899 | 1960 | Aeronautical engineer, novelist | On the Beach |
Victor Sjöström | Sweden | 1879 | 1960 | Film director, actor | The Phantom Carriage |
Dadasaheb Torne | India | 1890 | 1960 | Film director | Shree Pundalik |
Entering the public domain in countries with life + 80 years
Spain (for creators that died before 1987), Colombia and Equatorial Guinea have a copyright term of life + 80 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes one notable work that entered the public domain on 1 January 2011 for each creator.
Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Bulch | Australia | 1862 | 1930 | Composer | Memories of England |
Henry Creamer | United States | 1879 | 1930 | Composer, lyricist | |
Charles Derennes | France | 1882 | 1930 | Author, essayist and poet | |
Arthur Conan Doyle | United Kingdom | 1859 | 1930 | Author and physician | The Lost World, Sherlock Holmes |
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.[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
- 1940 in literature and 1960 in literature for deaths of writers
- Public Domain Day
- Creative Commons
- 2012 in public domain
- 2013 in public domain
- 2014 in public domain
- 2015 in public domain
References
- ↑ "EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard". Billboard.biz. 2011-09-12. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- ↑ Directive 2006/116/EC
- ↑ "What Could Have Entered the Public Domain | Duke University School of Law". http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2012/pre-1976.
- ↑ "One Hundred Fifth Congress of the United States of America - At the second session - An Act To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright, and for other purposes.". http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/s505.pdf.
- ↑ "LibGuides: Copyright at Cornell Libraries: Copyright Services". http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm.
- ↑ "United States Copyright Law". http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011 in public domain.
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