2008 in public domain

none When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2008. 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.http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard Billboard.biz 2011-09-12 2014-01-07 2013-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20130106035644/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story dead 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, 2008. Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work J. M. Barrie United Kingdom 1860 05 09 dmy 1937 06 19 dmy novelist, playwright. The Little White Bird, Peter and Wendy Julian Bell United Kingdom 1908 02 04 dmy 1937 07 18 dmy poet, book editor. Winter Movement, Work for the Winter Jean de Brunhoff France 1899 12 09 dmy 1937 10 16 dmy children's writer, illustrator. The Story of Babar, Babar and Father Christmas Ellis Parker Butler United States 1869 12 05 dmy 1937 09 13 dmy short story writer, essayist. Pigs Is Pigs, Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective Ralph Connor Canada 1860 09 13 dmy 1937 10 31 dmy novelist. Black Rock, a Tale of the Selkirks, The Gay Crusader Frederic Taber Cooper United States 1864 05 27 dmy 1937 05 20 dmy magazine editor, historian. Word formation in the Roman Sermo Plebeius. An historical study of the development of vocabulary in vulgar and late Latin, with special reference to the Romance languages, History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature John Drinkwater United Kingdom 1882 06 01 dmy 1937 03 25 dmy poet, dramatist. Abraham Lincoln, The Death of Leander Florence Dugdale United Kingdom 1879 01 12 dmy 1937 10 17 dmy children's writer, biographer. The Book of Baby Birds, The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 1892–1928 Edward Garnett United Kingdom 1868 01 05 dmy 1937 02 19 dmy writer, critic, literary editor. The Breaking Point, a Censured Play. With Preface and a Letter to the Censor, The great war in 1916, a neutral's indictment Ivor Gurney United Kingdom 1890 08 28 dmy 1937 12 26 dmy poet, composer. Five Elizabethan Songs , The Western Playland Elizabeth Haldane United Kingdom 1862 05 27 dmy 1937 12 24 dmy biographer, philosopher. From One Century to Another: The Reminiscences of Elizabeth S. Haldane, The Scotland of our Fathers: A Study of Scottish Life in the Nineteenth Century W. F. Harvey United Kingdom 1885 04 14 dmy 1937 06 04 dmy horror fiction writer. August Heat, Midnight House and Other Tales William F. Lloyd Newfoundland 1864 12 17 dmy 1937 06 13 dmy journalist, newspaper editor. editor of The Telegram H. P. Lovecraft United States 1890 08 20 dmy 1937 03 15 dmy writer of weird fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. The Call of Cthulhu, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath Don Marquis United States 1878 07 29 dmy 1937 12 29 dmy humorist, novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. The Dark Hours, archy and mehitabel H. C. McNeile United Kingdom 1888 09 28 dmy 1937 08 14 dmy writer of thrillers and war stories. Bulldog Drummond, The Black Gang Chūya Nakahara Japan 1907 04 29 dmy 1937 10 22 dmy poet, translator. Goat Songs, Songs of Bygone Days Tomas O'Crohan Republic of Ireland 1856 12 21 dmy 1937 03 07 dmy diarist, memoirist. Island Cross-Talk, The Islandman Horacio Quiroga Uruguay 1878 12 31 dmy 1937 02 19 dmy playwright, poet, short story writer. Stories of Love, Madness, and Death, Jungle Tales Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo Madagascar 1901 03 04 dmy 1937 06 22 dmy poet, novelist, opera writer, literary critic, journal editor. The Cup of Ashes, The Red Dawn Albert Verwey Netherlands 1865 05 15 dmy 1937 03 08 dmy poet, translator, literary historian. Persephone Edith Wharton United States 1862 01 24 dmy 1937 08 11 dmy novelist, short story writer. The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth 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 work Sholem Asch Poland 1880 11 01 dmy 1957 07 10 dmy dramatist, essayist, novelist. In a Bad Time, God of Vengeance Arturo Barea Spain 1897 09 20 dmy 1957 12 24 dmy autobiographer, radio broadcaster. The Forging of a Rebel, Struggle for the Spanish Soul Roy Campbell South Africa 1901 10 02 dmy 1957 04 23 dmy literary critic, poet, satirist, translator. The Wayzgoose: A South African Satire, The Georgiad – A Satirical Fantasy in Verse Joyce Cary Ireland 1888 12 07 dmy 1957 03 29 dmy poet, short story writer. Mister Johnson, The Horse's Mouth A. E. Coppard United Kingdom 1878 01 04 dmy 1957 01 13 dmy poet, short story writer. Fearful Pleasures, Nixey's Harlequin William Craigie United Kingdom 1867 08 13 dmy 1957 09 02 dmy lexicographer, philologist. editor for the Oxford English Dictionary, founding editor of the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue Alfred Döblin Germany 1878 08 10 dmy 1957 06 26 dmy essayist, novelist. Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Three Leaps of Wang Lun Lord Dunsany Ireland 1878 07 24 dmy 1957 10 25 dmy short story writer, playwright, novelist, poet. The King of Elfland's Daughter, The Gods of Pegāna May Edginton United Kingdom 1883 12 20 dmy 1957 06 17 dmy novelist, playwright. Secrets, The Prude's Fall Ernest Elmore United Kingdom 1901 11 04 dmy 1957 11 08 dmy crime novelist, fantasy writer. The Lake District Murder, The Cornish Coast Murder Rose Fyleman United Kingdom 1877 03 06 dmy 1957 08 01 dmy children's writer, playwright, poet, translator. There are fairies at the bottom of our garden, Lift your hidden faces Oliver St. John Gogarty Ireland 1878 08 17 dmy 1957 09 22 dmy playwright, oet. Blight, As I Was Going Down Sackville Street Barbu Lăzăreanu Romania 1881 10 05 dmy 1957 01 19 dmy bibliographer, literary historian, satirist. Constantin Radovici, Agatha Bârsescu, Nora Marinescu, Slabs and Debris from Epidaurus' Temple José Lins do Rego Brazil 1901 07 03 dmy 1957 09 12 dmy novelist. Menino de engenho (Plantation boy), Pureza Malcolm Lowry United Kingdom 1909 07 28 dmy 1957 06 26 dmy novelist, poet. Under the Volcano, Ultramarine Curzio Malaparte Italy 1898 06 09 dmy 1957 07 19 dmy filmmaker, war correspondent. Kaputt, The Skin Mait Metsanurk Estonia 1879 11 19 dmy 1957 08 21 dmy novelist, short story writer, playwright. Ümera jõel (On the Ümera River), Uues korteris Gabriela Mistral Chile 1889 04 07 dmy 1957 01 10 dmy poet. Sonetos de la Muerte (Sonnets of Death), Despair Christopher Morley United States 1890 05 05 dmy 1957 03 28 dmy essayist, journalist, novelist, poet. Parnassus on Wheels, The Haunted Bookshop Mulshankar Mulani Gujarat 1867 11 01 dmy 1957 12 14 dmy playwright. Saubhagya Sundari, Barrister John Middleton Murry United Kingdom 1889 08 06 dmy 1957 03 12 dmy essayist, literary critic. God: An Introduction to the Science of Metabiology, Katherine Mansfield and Other Literary Portraits Leo Perutz Austria 1882 11 02 dmy 1957 08 25 dmy horror novelist, mathematician. From Nine to Nine, The Master of the Day of Judgement Rhoda Power United Kingdom 1890 05 29 dmy 1957 03 09 dmy children's writer, historical novelist. Redcap Runs Away, From the Fury of the Northmen: and Other Stories That Shaped Our Destiny in 18th to 19th Century England Dorothy Richardson United Kingdom 1873 05 17 dmy 1957 06 17 dmy novelist, journalist. Pilgrimage, Pointed Roofs Kenneth Roberts United States 1885 12 08 dmy 1957 07 21 dmy historical novelist. Northwest Passage, Lydia Bailey Dorothy L. Sayers United Kingdom 1893 06 13 dmy 1957 12 17 dmy crime novelist, literary critic, playwright, poet, translator. The Nine Tailors, Whose Body? Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Italy 1896 12 23 dmy 1957 07 23 dmy historical novelist. The Leopard, The Professor and the Siren Stanley Vestal United States 1887 08 15 dmy 1957 12 25 dmy biographer, historian, novelist. Kit Carson, the Happy Warrior of the West, Sitting Bull-Champion of the Sioux-a Biography Laura Ingalls Wilder United States 1867 02 07 dmy 1957 02 10 dmy novelist, journalist. Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie Alfred Eckhard Zimmern United Kingdom 1879 01 26 dmy 1957 11 24 dmy classical scholar, historian, political scientist. The Greek Commonwealth: Politics and Economics in Fifth Century Athens, The Third British Empire Louis B. Mayer United States 1884 07 12 dmy 1957 10 29 dmy Filmmaker Entering the public domain in the United States 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.http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2012/pre-1976 What Could Have Entered the Public Domain | Duke University School of LawS.505 - 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 https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/s505.pdf U.S. Copyright Office If the work is owned by a corporation, then the copyright extends 95 years.https://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm https://web.archive.org/web/20090626030245/http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm dead June 26, 2009 Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States | Copyright Information Center 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 1938 entered the public domain in this jurisdiction on January 1, 2008.https://www.copyright.gov/pr/pdomain.html Certain Unpublished, Unregistered Works Enter Public Domain United States Copyright Office 2003-01-13 2026-04-21 Other works would not enter the public domain here until 2019.http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php United States Copyright Law 2012-06-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140801121535/http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php 2014-08-01 dead See also 1907 in literature and 1957 in literature for deaths of writers Public Domain Day Creative Commons References External links Public Domain Day gifts PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY January 2022 Category:Public domain by year Public domain