2005 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 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.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, 2005. Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work Jakob Wassermann Germany 1873 03 10 dmy 1934 01 01 dmy novelist. Melusine, The Maurizius Case, My Life as German and Jew Dorothy Edwards United Kingdom 1902 08 18 dmy 1934 01 05 dmy novelist, short story writer. Rhapsody, Winter Sonata Andrei Bely Russia 1880 10 26 dmy 1934 01 08 dmy novelist, poet, literary critic. Petersburg, The Silver Dove Helen Zimmern United Kingdom 1846 03 25 dmy 1934 01 11 dmy children's writer, biographer, political writer, translator. Arthur Schopenhauer, his Life and his Philosophy, Tripoli and Young Italy Hermann Bahr Austria 1863 07 19 dmy 1934 01 15 dmy novelist, playwright, art critic, literary critic. The Concert, Expressionism Ferenc Móra Hungary 1879 07 19 dmy 1934 02 08 dmy novelist, journalist, museologist. Sons of the Slave Man, A Journey in the Underground Hungary, Suns, Moons, Bygone Stars Emeline Harriet Howe United States 1844 01 02 dmy 1934 02 28 dmy poet. Poems, A Basket of Fragments, From Height to Height Thomas Anstey Guthrie United Kingdom 1856 08 08 dmy 1934 03 10 dmy comic novelist, parodist, humorist. Vice Versa, The Man from Blankley's, The Tinted Venus Safvet-beg Bašagić Bosnia 1870 05 06 dmy 1934 04 09 dmy biographer, poet, bibliographer, translator. Bosnians and Herzegovinians in Islamic literature, Illustrious Croats - Bosnians and Herzegovinians in the Ottoman empire R. C. Packer Australia 1879 07 24 dmy 1934 04 12 dmy journalist, newspaper editor, publisher. founder of Smith's Weekly and the Daily Guardian Paul Zarifopol Romania 1874 11 30 dmy 1934 05 01 dmy 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 1866 03 02 dmy 1934 06 14 dmy poet, novelist, translator. Park: A Fantastic Story, Silverpoints, Spiritual Poems, chiefly done out of several languages Thorne Smith United States 1892 03 27 dmy 1934 06 20 dmy fantasy writer, comedy writer, mystery writer, poet, screenwriter. Topper, Topper Takes a Trip, The Night Life of the Gods, Turnabout Naitō Konan Japan 1866 08 27 dmy 1934 06 26 dmy historian, Sinologist. Nara Fritz Gerlich Germany 1883 02 15 dmy 1934 06 30 dmy 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 1899 12 04 dmy 1934 06 dmy physician, sexologist, homosexual activist, astrologist. Hetero- and Homophilia, Love Between Friends or Homosexuality, Character Constellation: With Particular Reference to Homosexuality Willi Schmid Germany 1893 04 12 dmy 1934 06 30 dmy music critic, musician. music critic for the Münchener Neueste Nachrichten, founder of the music band Munich Viol Quartet Hayim Nahman Bialik Ukraine 1873 01 09 dmy 1934 07 04 dmy poet, essayist, translator, publisher, folklorist. In the City of Slaughter, Sefer HaAggadah Julian Hawthorne United States 1846 06 22 dmy 1934 07 14 dmy 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 1864 03 27 dmy 1934 07 23 dmy philosopher. Nietzsche und die Romantik, Ursprung der Naturphilosophie aus dem Geiste der Mystik, Geschichte der antiken Philosophie Frane Bulić Croatia 1846 10 04 dmy 1934 07 29 dmy 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 1868 09 09 dmy 1934 08 13 dmy nature writer, playwright. The Land of Little Rain, The Arrow Maker, Taos Pueblo Rebecca Richardson Joslin United States 1846 03 20 dmy 1934 08 30 dmy 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 1866 12 14 dmy 1934 09 09 dmy 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 1866 01 02 dmy 1934 09 21 dmy literary critic, biographer, editor, translator. The Romanians and the Jews, Pointless Literature (of Course by Lucian Blaga)) Arthur Wing Pinero United Kingdom 1855 05 24 dmy 1934 11 23 dmy playwright, actor. The Magistrate, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Trelawny of the "Wells", The Gay Lord Quex Gustave Lanson France 1857 08 05 dmy 1934 12 15 dmy historian, literary critic, biographer. Molière and Farce, The New Poetry in France, The Modern Subjects in Secondary Education Wallace Thurman United States 1902 08 16 dmy 1934 12 22 dmy 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 1852 03 17 dmy 1934 dmy 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. NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work Alexander Abasheli Soviet Union 1884 08 27 dmy 1954 09 27 dmy Writer A Woman in the Mirror ka ქალი სარკეში Sait Faik Abasıyanık Turkey 1906 11 18 dmy 1954 05 11 dmy Writer Semaver Ahmed Agdamski Soviet Union 1884 01 05 dmy 1954 04 01 dmy Singer If Not That One, Then This One Franco Alfano Italy 1875 3 8 dmy 1954 10 27 dmy Composer List of operas by Franco Alfano Juan Álvarez Argentina 1878 09 03 dmy 1954 04 08 dmy Historian Essay on the history of Santa Fe Maximiano Alves Portugal 1888 08 22 dmy 1954 01 22 dmy Sculptor Selected works Ahmad Amin Egypt 1886 10 01 dmy 1954 05 30 dmy Writer Dawn of Islam Martin Andersen Nexø Denmark 1869 06 26 dmy 1954 06 01 dmy Writer Pelle the Conqueror Oswald de Andrade Brazil 1890 01 11 dmy 1954 10 22 dmy Writer Manifesto Antropófago Bruno Angoletta Italy 1889 09 07 dmy 1954 01 07 dmy Cartoonist Marmittone Peter van Anrooy Netherlands 1879 10 13 dmy 1954 12 31 dmy Composer Piet Hein Rhapsodie voor symfonieorkest John L. Balderston United States 1889 10 22 dmy 1954 03 08 dmy Playwright Berkeley Square, Dracula Lionel Barrymore United States 1878 04 28 dmy 1954 11 15 dmy Actor, film director Lionel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio Constantin Beldie Romania 1887 09 08 dmy 1954 06 11 dmy Journalist, writer Gloss on the Bookish Spirit Jacinto Benavente Spain 1866 08 12 dmy 1954 07 14 dmy Writer The Unloved Woman Frans G. Bengtsson Sweden 1894 10 04 dmy 1954 12 19 dmy Writer The Long Ships Maxwell Bodenheim United States 1892 05 26 dmy 1954 02 06 dmy novelist, poet, memoirist, journalist. My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village Hakon Børresen Denmark 1876 06 02 dmy 1954 10 06 dmy Composer Den Kongelige Gæst Vitaliano Brancati Italy 1907 07 24 dmy 1954 09 25 dmy Writer Don Giovanni in Sicilia Roman Bratkowski uk Братковський Роман Ukraine/Poland 1869 09 02 dmy 1954 09 05 dmy Painter Pejzaż zimowy Walter Braunfels Germany 1882 12 19 dmy 1954 03 19 dmy Composer Die Vögel Pauline Brunius Sweden 1881 10 02 dmy 1954 03 30 dmy Actress, film director False Greta Claude Cahun France 1894 10 25 dmy 1954 12 08 dmy Photographer, writer Disavowals or Cancelled Confessions Robert Capa Hungary 1913 10 22 dmy 1954 05 25 dmy Photographer The Falling Soldier Enrico Cavacchioli itItaly1885 03 15 dmy1954 01 04 dmy WriterList of works by Enrico Cavacchioli it Enrico Cavacchioli#Opere Papa Celestin United States 1884 01 01 dmy 1954 12 15 dmy Musician Papa Celestin's Golden Wedding E. K. Chambers United Kingdom 1866 03 16 dmy 1954 01 21 dmy Literary scholar The Elizabethan Stage Dmytro Chornovil uk Чорновіл Дмитро Семенович Soviet Union 1902 11 07 dmy 1954 03 08 dmy Architect State Academic Music Drama Theatre in Vinnytsia uk Вінницький обласний академічний український музично-драматичний театр імені Миколи Садовського Eugen Coca Soviet Union 1893 04 15 dmy 1954 01 09 dmy Composer Maria's Fortune Colette France 1873 01 28 dmy 1954 08 03 dmy Writer Gigi Julian Coolidge United States 1873 09 28 dmy 1954 03 05 dmy Mathematician A Treatise on the Circle and the Sphere Duff Cooper United Kingdom 1890 02 22 dmy 1954 01 01 dmy Politician, historian Old Men Forget Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha Portugal 1869 10 13 dmy 1954 11 23 dmy Socialite Doida, Não! Stig Dagerman Sweden 1923 10 05 dmy 1954 11 04 dmy Writer, journalist A Burnt Child Jibanananda Das India 1899 02 17 dmy 1954 10 22 dmy Poet Banalata Sen Ludovic Dauș Romania 1873 10 01 dmy 1954 11 17 dmy Writer, translator Unto Death Russell Davenport United States 1899 dmy 1954 04 19 dmy Writer My Country, A Poem of America Alcide De Gasperi Italy 1881 04 03 dmy 1954 08 19 dmy Politician Nella lotta per la democrazia Danylo Demutskyi uk Демуцький Данило Порфирович Soviet Union 1893 07 16 dmy 1954 05 07 dmy Photographer, camera operator Earth André Derain France 1880 06 10 dmy 1954 09 08 dmy Painter, sculptor Mountains at Collioure Leonard Eugene Dickson United States 1874 01 22 dmy 1954 01 17 dmy Mathematician, writer History of the Theory of Numbers Nadiya Dobrovolska-Zavadska Russian Empire/France 1878 09 25 dmy 1954 10 31 dmy Geneticist Sur la mortification spontanée de la queue chez la souris nouveau-née et sur l'existence d'un caractère (facteur) héréditaire "non-viable" Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski Poland 1872 06 06 dmy 1954 04 27 dmy Geophysicist Historia naturalna lodu Oles Donchenko uk Донченко Олесь Васильович Soviet Union 1902 08 19 dmy 1954 04 12 dmy Writer Star Fortress Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin Ireland/South Africa 1874 05 17 dmy 1954 08 25 dmy Photographer Carl Eldh Sweden 1873 05 10 dmy 1954 01 26 dmy Sculptor The Branting Monument Enrico Fermi Italy/USA 1901 09 29 dmy 1954 11 28 dmy Physicist Publications Arthur Fickenscher United States 1885 03 09 dmy 1954 04 15 dmy Composer and academic Willowwood Bud Fisher United States 1885 04 03 dmy 1954 09 07 dmy Cartoonist Mutt and Jeff Constantin Font fr France 1890 01 11 dmy 1954 01 25 dmy Painter Miles Franklin Australia 1879 10 14 dmy 1954 09 19 dmy Writer My Brilliant Career Wilhelm Furtwängler Germany 1886 01 25 dmy 1954 11 30 dmy Conductor, composer Symphony No. 2 Jacques Gachot Germany/France 1885 01 11 dmy 1954 12 15 dmy Painter Paintings by Jacques Gachot Nina Genke-Meller Soviet Union 1893 03 19 dmy 1954 08 25 dmy Painter Suprematist Composition E. Ray Goetz United States 1886 06 12 dmy 1954 06 12 dmy Composer, lyricist "For Me and My Gal"Lil GreenUnited States1901 12 22 dmy1954 04 14 dmySinger, songwriter"Why Don't You Do Right?", "Romance in the Dark" W. J. Gruffydd United Kingdom 1881 02 14 dmy 1954 09 29 dmy Writer, scholar Lyrics Heinz Guderian Germany 1888 06 17 dmy 1954 05 14 dmy Military officer, writer Achtung – Panzer!, Panzer Leader Niqula Haddad Lebanon 1878 1954 Writer Thea von Harbou Germany 1888 12 27 dmy 1954 07 01 dmy Writer, film director List of works by Thea von Harbou Jack Harvey United States 1881 09 16 dmy 1954 11 09 dmy Film director A Dog's Love Ferenc Herczeg Hungary 1863 09 22 dmy 1954 02 24 dmy Writer A Gyurkovics-lányok James Hilton United Kingdom 1900 09 09 dmy 1954 12 20 dmy Writer Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Lost Horizon Ludwik Hirszfeld Poland 1884 08 05 dmy 1954 03 07 dmy Microbiologist Über Vererbung gruppenspezifischer Strukturen des Blutes Earnest Hooton United States 1887 11 20 dmy 1954 05 03 dmy Anthropologist, cartoonist Up From The Ape Ostap Hrytsai uk Остап Грицай Ukraine/Germany 1881 11 02 dmy 1954 05 07 dmy Writer, translator The Escape of Oleksa Perkhun Raymond Hubbell United States 1879 06 01 dmy 1954 12 13 dmy Composer, lyricist "Poor Butterfly" Ivan Ilyin Russian Empire/Switzerland 1883 04 09 dmy 1954 12 21 dmy Philosopher Resistance to Evil By Force ru О сопротивлении злу силою Charles Ives United States 1874 10 20 dmy 1954 05 19 dmy Composer List of compositions by Charles Ives Ayaz İshaki Russian Empire/Turkey 1878 02 22 dmy 1954 07 22 dmy Writer Mullah's Wife tt Остазбикә (әсәр) Norbert Jacques Germany 1880 06 06 dmy 1954 05 15 dmy Writer Dr. Mabuse Hans Janowitz Germany 1890 12 02 dmy 1954 05 25 dmy Screenwriter The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Arthur Johnston United States 1898 01 10 dmy 1954 05 01 dmy Composer "Cocktails for Two", "Pennies from Heaven" Frida Kahlo Mexico 1907 07 06 dmy 1954 07 13 dmy Painter List of paintings by Frida Kahlo Mikhas Klimkovich Belarus 1899 11 20 dmy 1954 11 05 dmy Poet "My Belarusy" Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius Lithuania 1882 10 19 dmy 1954 07 17 dmy Writer, politician Skirgaila Kalki Krishnamurthy India 1899 09 09 dmy 1954 12 05 dmy Writer Ponniyin Selvan Zygmunt Kurczyński pl Poland 1886 04 02 dmy 1954 03 11 dmy Sculptor Grave of Tadeusz Rutowski Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels Austria 1874 09 17 dmy 1954 04 20 dmy Political theorist Ostara Henri Laurens France 1885 02 18 dmy 1954 05 05 dmy Sculptor L'Amphion Alphonse Laverrière Switzerland 1872 05 16 dmy 1954 03 11 dmy Architect Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery Édouard Le Roy France 1870 06 18 dmy 1954 11 10 dmy Philosopher, mathematician Les Origines humaines et l'évolution de l'intelligence Alain LeRoy Locke United States 1885 09 13 dmy 1954 06 09 dmy Writer The New Negro Pyotr Leshchenko Russian Empire/Romania 1898 06 14 dmy 1954 07 16 dmy Singer HeartAchille LongoItaly1900 03 28 dmy1954 05 28 dmy ComposerCompositionsGino LoriaItaly1862 05 19 dmy1954 01 30 dmy MathematicianBooks Auguste Lumière France 1862 10 19 dmy 1954 04 10 dmy Film director Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory Wincenty Lutosławski Poland 1863 06 06 dmy 1954 12 28 dmy Philosopher The Polish Nation Jan Maklakiewicz Poland 1899 11 24 dmy 1954 02 08 dmy Composer Cagliostro in Warsaw Ivan Malozyomov uk Малозьомов Іван Іванович Soviet Union 1899 10 08 dmy 1954 11 19 dmy Architect Interiors of Derzhprom William March United States 1893 09 18 dmy 1954 05 15 dmy Writer Company K Santiago Martínez Delgado Colombia 1906 dmy 1954 dmy Painter, sculptor, art historian Mural at the Colombian Capitol Henri Matisse France 1869 12 31 dmy 1954 11 03 dmy Painter, sculptor List of works by Henri Matisse Joe May United States 1880 11 07 dmy 1954 04 29 dmy Film director Stuart Webbs George McManus United States 1884 01 23 dmy 1954 10 22 dmy Cartoonist Bringing Up Father Emilis Melngailis Latvia/Soviet Union 1874 02 15 dmy 1954 12 10 dmy Composer Maija (Turaidas roze) Mihri Müşfik Hanım Turkey 1886 02 26 dmy 1954 Painter Zofia Nałkowska Poland 1884 11 10 dmy 1954 12 17 dmy Writer Medallions Herms Niel Germany 1888 04 17 dmy 1954 07 16 dmy Composer "Erika" Aleksandr Orlov Soviet Union 1880 04 06 dmy 1954 01 28 dmy Astronomer Selected works in 3 volumes Yukio Ozaki Japan 1858 12 24 dmy 1954 10 06 dmy Politician The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan Auguste Perret France 1874 02 12 dmy 1954 02 25 dmy Architect Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Washington Phillips United States 1880 01 11 dmy 1954 09 20 dmy Singer List of songs recorded by Washington Phillips Dimitrie Pompeiu Romania 1873 10 04 dmy 1954 10 08 dmy Mathematician Sur la continuité des fonctions de variables complexes Fred Raymond Austria 1900 04 20 dmy 1954 01 10 dmy Composer "I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg", Maske in Blau Yuri Repin fr Iouri Repine Russian Empire/Finland 1877 04 10 dmy 1954 08 09 dmy Painter Tyurenchen. Eternal life in a glorious death Grantland Rice United States 1880 11 01 dmy 1954 07 13 dmy Sportswriter Songs of the Stalwart Fred Rose United States 1898 08 24 dmy 1954 12 01 dmy Songwriter "Be Honest with Me" Luang Saranupraphan Thailand 1896 08 24 dmy 1954 06 14 dmy Writer "Thai National Anthem" Leon Schiller Poland 1887 03 14 dmy 1954 03 25 dmy Screenwriter Pastorale (play) pl Pastorałka (misterium) Dmytro Sheludko de Dimitri Scheludko Ukraine/Bulgaria 1892 09 21 dmy 1954 08 05 dmy Diplomat, literary scientist Zur Geschichte des Natureinganges bei den Trobadors C. Fox Smith United Kingdom 1882 02 01 dmy 1954 04 08 dmy Writer All the Way Round: Sea Roads to Africa Oscar Straus Austria 1870 03 06 dmy 1954 01 11 dmy Composer Ein Walzertraum Ionel Teodoreanu Romania 1897 01 06 dmy 1954 02 03 dmy Writer La Medeleni Lucien Tesnière France 1893 05 13 dmy 1954 12 06 dmy Linguist Elements of Structural Syntax Jan Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz Ukraine/United Kingdom 1885 06 24 dmy 1954 11 18 dmy Diplomat, heraldist Diariy Getmana Pylypa Orlika Alan Turing United Kingdom 1912 06 23 dmy 1954 06 07 dmy Mathematician Turing's proof William Van Alen United States 1883 08 10 dmy 1954 05 24 dmy Architect Chrysler Building Getúlio Vargas Brazil 1882 04 19 dmy 1954 08 24 dmy Politician Carta Testamento Dziga Vertov Soviet Union 1896 01 02 dmy 1954 02 12 dmy Film director Man with a Movie Camera Adrien Voisard-Margerie fr France 1867 04 28 dmy 1954 07 20 dmy Painter Taureaux à l'abreuvoir Mykhailo Vozniak de Mychajlo Wosnjak Soviet Union 1881 10 03 dmy 1954 11 20 dmy Literary scholar History of Ukrainian literature Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen Germany 1882 10 12 dmy 1954 06 14 dmy Composer Oberst Chabert Clara Westhoff Germany 1878 09 21 dmy 1954 03 09 dmy Sculptor Bust of Paula Modersohn-Becker Eduard Wiiralt Estonia 1898 03 20 dmy 1954 01 08 dmy Graphic artist Hell Chester Wilmot Australia 1911 06 21 dmy 1954 01 10 dmy War Correspondent The Struggle for Europe Hella Wuolijoki Finland 1886 07 22 dmy 1954 02 02 dmy Writer Entäs nyt, Niskavuori? Yuriy Yanovskyi Soviet Union 1902 08 27 dmy 1954 02 25 dmy Writer The Horseriders uk Вершники (роман) Francis Brett Young United Kingdom 1884 06 29 dmy 1954 03 28 dmy Writer List of novels of Francis Brett Young Zhang Shichuan China 1890 1954 Film director Laborer's Love 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 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 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 1935 entered the public domain in this jurisdiction on January 1, 2005.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 1904 in literature, 1934 in literature and 1954 in literature for deaths of writers Public Domain Day Creative Commons References Category:Public domain by year Public domain