2010 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 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. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2010. == 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. == 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