2022 in public domain
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When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that enter the public domain in 2022. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.
Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years
With the exception of Belarus and 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. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2022.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Boix | Spain | 31 August 1920 | 7 July 1951 | Photographer | Photographs of Mauthausen concentration camp |
| André Gide | France | 22 November 1869 | 19 February 1951 | Writer, Nobel Prize laureate | Les faux-monnayeurs |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein | Austria, United Kingdom | 26 April 1889 | 29 April 1951 | Philosopher | Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Philosophical Investigations |
Entering the public domain in Spain
Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2022.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entering the public domain in Australia
In 2004 copyright in Australia changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with America and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which bought some e.g. British authors back into copyright, especially those who died from 1925 to 1944). Hence the work of an author who died before 1955 is normally in the public domain in Australia; but the copyright of authors was extended to 70 years after death for those who died in 1955 or later, and no more Australian authors will come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).[1]
Entering the public domain in the United States
No United States audio recordings will enter the public domain (as those before 1972 were covered by state laws only), but international audio recordings published in 1926 enter the public domain. All sheet music published in 1926 enters the public domain.[citation needed] Under the Music Modernization Act, tens of thousands United States audio recordings published before 1923 will enter the public domain on 1 January 2022.[2][3] The Library of Congress says that this will result in "Increased public and online access to previously unavailable recordings and expanded opportunities to explore the earliest days of our sound recording heritage."[2]
Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1926, films released in 1926, and other works published in 1926, will enter the public domain in 2022.[4]
Notable books entering the public domain in the United States include The Sun Also Rises,[5] Bambi, A Life in the Woods,[6] and the last parts of the Sherlock Holmes works by Arthur Conan Doyle.[7]
Unpublished works whose authors died in 1951 will enter the public domain.
See also
- 1951 in literature and 1971 in literature for deaths of writers
- Public Domain Day
- Creative Commons
References
- ^ "How long does copyright last? | National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ a b Jenkins, Amanda (5 February 2019). "Copyright Breakdown: The Music Modernization Act | Now See Hear!". blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Fishman, Stephen (2020). The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More. Nolo. p. 332. ISBN 978-1-4133-2757-1.
- ^ "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Copyright Statusfor The Sun Also Rises: Protected until 2022" (PDF).
- ^ "Public Domain Day 2019 | Duke University School of Law". web.law.duke.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "When Copyrights Expire, Works Belong to the Public Starting in 2019". Barton LLP. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
External links
Media related to Undelete in 2022 at Wikimedia Commons- "Authors by Year of Death - 1951". AuthorAndBookInfo.com.
