2000 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 2000. 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, 2000. Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work Anna Bowman Dodd United States 1858 01 21 dmy 1929 01 dmy novelist, dystopian fiction writer, short story writer, travel writer, political writer The Republic of the Future, Falaise : the town of the conqueror, In and out of three Normandy inns, The new woman in Turkey : how ancient rights and modern dress protect and improve the lot of Turkish women, Talleyrand : the training of a statesman, 1754-1838 Leonard Cline United States 1893 05 11 dmy c. 1929 01 15 dmy novelist, horror fiction writer, poet, short story writer, journalist, and translator The Dark Chamber, God Head, Listen, Moon!, The Lady of Frozen Death and Other Weird Tales Hans Prutz Germany 1843 05 20 dmy 1929 01 29 dmy historian, medievalist Kaiser Friedrich I., Quellenbeiträge zur Geschichte der Kreuzzüge, Kulturgeschichte der Kreuzzüge, Staatengeschichte des Abendlandes Im Mittelalter, Entwickelung und Untergang des Tempelherrenordens Charlotte Carmichael Stopes United Kingdom 1840 02 05 dmy 1929 02 06 dmy Shakespearean scholar, women's rights activist British Freewomen: Their Historical Privilege, The Bacon/Shakespeare Question, Shakespeare's Family, Shakespeare's Warwickshire Contemporaries, Burbage and Shakespeare's Stage, The Sphere of 'Man' in Relation to that of 'Woman' in the Constitution, The Life of Henry, Third Earl of Southampton Auguste Groner Austria 1850 04 16 dmy 1929 03 07 dmy writer of detective fiction, juvenile fiction, and historical fiction The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow, The Golden Bullet, How I Was Murdered, Why she extinguished the light, The Pharaoh's Bracelet, The Secret of the Hermitage Grace Rhys Ireland 1865 07 12 dmy 1929 03 15 dmy novelist, historical fiction writer, essayist Mary Dominic, The Charming of Estercel, The Wooing of Sheila, Five Beads on a String Katharine Lee Bates United States 1859 08 12 dmy 1929 03 28 dmy social reformer, poet, lyricist, textbook writer, diarist America the Beautiful, Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride, Yellow Clover: A Book of Remembrance, The English Religious Drama, The Story of Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, An Autobiography, in Brief, of Katharine Lee Bates Santeri Nuorteva Soviet Union 1881 06 29 dmy 1929 03 31 dmy journalist, magazine editor, politician claimed writer of the forged Sisson Documents, English translator of Letter to American Workers by Vladimir Lenin, editor of the daily newspaper Toveri(The Comrade) and the monthly magazine Säkeniä (The Spark) Flora Annie Steel United Kingdom 1847 04 02 dmy 1929 04 12 dmy novelist, short story writer, education reformer, popular historian On the Face of the Waters, The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, English Fairy Tales, From the Five Rivers, Tales of the Punjab, India through the ages; a popular and picturesque history of Hindustan, Mistress of Men John Morris-Jones United Kingdom 1864 10 17 dmy 1929 04 16 dmy grammarian, academic, poet, and translator Welsh Orthography, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative: phonology and accidence, editor of the manuscript collection The Elucidarium and other tracts in Welsh from Llyvyr agkyr Llandewivrevi A.D. 1346 Lucy Clifford United Kingdom 1846 08 02 dmy 1929 04 21 dmy novelist, horror fiction writer, playwright and journalist The New Mother, Mrs. Keith's Crime, Love Letters of a Worldly Woman, A Flash of Summer: The Story of a Simple Woman's Life, A Long Duel: A Serious Comedy, A Woman Alone Mary E. Mann United Kingdom 1848 08 14 dmy 1929 05 19 dmy novelist, short story writer, playwright Tales of Dulditch, The Patten Experiment, Little Brother, The Victim, Confessions of a Coward and Coquette. Being the record of a short period of her life as told by herself., There was once a Prince, Out in Life's Rain, The memories of Ronald Love Bliss Carman Canada 1861 04 15 dmy 1929 06 08 dmy poet, one of the Confederation Poets Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, Songs From Vagabondia, A Seamark: A Threnody for Robert Louis Stevenson, Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book Of The Sea, By The Aurelian Wall: And Other Elegies, Pipes Of Pan: From the Book of Myths, The Rough Rider: And Other Poems, The Dead Faun Vedam Venkataraya Sastry India 1853 12 21 dmy 1929 06 18 dmy dramatist, poet, literary critic, translator, and dictionary editor Usha Parinayam, chief editor of the dictionary Suryaraya Andhra Nighantuvu Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler United Kingdom 1860 04 09 dmy 1929 06 22 dmy writer of romances and children's literature, poet Verses Grave and Gay, Concerning Isabel Carnaby, Fuel of Fire, Place and Power, Kate of Kate Hall, Miss Fallowfield's Fortune, Her Ladyship's Conscience Georges Courteline France 1858 06 25 dmy 1929 06 25 dmy dramatist, novelist, satirist, literary reviewer Les Gaités de l'escadron, Les Femmes d'amis, Ombres Parisiennes, Hortense, couche-toi!, Godefroy Edward Carpenter United Kingdom 1844 08 29 dmy 1929 06 28 dmy philosopher, utopian socialist, poet, travel writer, activist and advocate for gay rights, sexual liberation, prison reform, vegetarianism, and the Christ myth theory Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, Simplification of Life, Towards Democracy, From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: Sketches in Ceylon and India, Pagan and Christian Creeds, Moses: A Drama in Five Acts, Homogenic Love and Its Place in a Free Society Hugo von Hofmannsthal Austria 1874 01 01 dmy 1929 07 15 dmy novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, essayist, and screenwriter. A member of the Modernist literary group Young Vienna Jedermann, The Lord Chandos Letter, the screenplay for the film Der Rosenkavalier (1926), the libretti for the operas Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die ägyptische Helena, and Arabella (1933) José de Castro Portugal 1868 04 07 dmy 1929 07 31 dmy lawyer, journalist, politician, prime minister of Portugal in 1915 redactor of the newspaper O Districto da Guarda, founder of the republican newspaper O Povo Português Mary MacLane United States 1881 05 01 dmy c. 1929 08 06 dmy memoirist, screenwriter The Story of Mary MacLane, My Friend Annabel Lee, I, Mary Maclane: A Diary of Human Days, the screenplay for her autobiographical film Men Who Have Made Love to Me (1918) Rainis Latvia 1865 09 11 dmy 1929 09 11 dmy playwright, translator, poet, and politician Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night), Indulis un Ārija (Indulis and Ārija), Iļja Muromietis (Ilya Muromets), Rīgas ragana (The Witch of Riga), Zelta Zirgs (The Golden Horse) Francis Darwin United Kingdom 1848 08 16 dmy 1929 09 19 dmy botanist, literary editor The Power of Movement in Plants, an expanded second edition of Insectivorous Plants, The Practical Physiology of Plants, Elements of Botany, Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Arno Holz Germany 1863 04 26 dmy 1929 10 dmy Naturalist poet, dramatist Phantasus, Buch der Zeit (book of time), Papa Hamlet, Die Familie Selicke, Change in Dramatic Time Max Lehmann Germany 1845 05 19 dmy 1929 10 08 dmy historian, specialist in military history Das Aufgebot zur Heerfahrt Ottos II nach Italien (Otto II's military expedition in Italy), Der Krieg von 1870 bis zur Einschliessung von Metz (The War of 1870 up to the encirclement of Metz), Friedrich der Grosse und der Ursprung des siebenjärigen Krieges (Frederick the Great and the origin of the Seven Years' War), Die Erhebung von 1813 (The uprising of 1813) Alexandru Davila Romania 1862 02 12 dmy 1929 10 19 dmy dramatist, memoirist, diplomat, public administrator, and police inspector Vlaicu Vodă, Din torsul zilelor Olav Aukrust Norway 1883 01 21 dmy 1929 11 03 dmy Romantic poet, teacher Himmelvarden Harry Crosby United States 1898 06 04 dmy 1929 12 10 dmy poet, diarist, and publisher. A member of the Lost Generation of expatriate writers, and co-founder of the publishing company Black Sun Press Sonnets for Caresse, Red Skeletons, Chariot of the Sun, Shadows of the Sun, Transit of Venus, Mad Queen, Sleeping Together, Aphrodite in Flight: Being Some Observations on the Aerodynamics of Love, Collected Poems of Harry Crosby, War Letters Ella M. S. Marble United States 1850 08 10 dmy 1929 dmy physician, journalist, newspaper editor, educator, and public lecturer primarily known for writing works on physical culture for women and "healthful" dress Dallas Lore Sharp United States 1870 dmy 1929 dmy academic, assistant librarian, nature writer, ornithologist Wildlife Near Home, A Watcher in the Woods, Ways of the Woods, In American Fields and Forests, Where Rolls the Oregon, The Hills of Hingham, Highlands and Hollows, The Magical Chance, Romances frrm the Old Testament, Christ and His Time Evelyn Whitaker United Kingdom 1844 dmy 1929 dmy children's writer, novelist, short story writer Miss Toosey's Mission, Laddie, Tip Cat, Our Little Ann, For the Fourth Time of Asking, Lassie, Peter's Adventure, The Tidy Wood. A Tale 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 Mary L. Langworthy United States 1872 03 31 dmy 1949 01 15 dmy dramatic coach, pageant writer, librettist and lecturer the libretto for the opera Elijah, the pageants The Hall and the Forga, Plantation Memories, Independence Day, As the Child Learns, The Soul of Man William Price Drury United Kingdom 1861 11 08 dmy 1949 01 21 dmy novelist, playwright, and memoirist The Flag Lieutenant, a naval comedy in four acts, The Tadpole of an Archangel, The Dead Marines, The Petrified Eye and Other Stories Originally Told to the Marines, Bearers of the Burden Being Stories of Land and Sea, The Peradventures of Private Pagett, The Admiral Speaks, Calamity Jane, RN, The Porter of Hell: A Drama of 1914, In Many Parts: The Memoirs of a Marine, The Flag Lieutenant in China N. D. Cocea Romania 1880 11 29 dmy 1949 02 01 dmy writer of erotic literature, novelist, satirist, polemicist, journalist, and political activist Poet-Poetă, Vinul de viață lungă, Fecior de slugă, Pentr-un petec de negreață, Nea Nae Axel Munthe Sweden 1857 10 31 dmy 1949 02 11 dmy physician, psychiatrist, and autobiographer The Story of San Michele, Memories and Vagaries, Letters From A Mourning City Sarojini Naidu India 1879 02 13 dmy 1949 03 02 dmy poet, playwright, political activist for the Indian independence movement, politician In the Bazaars of Hyderabad, The Bird of Time, The Golden Threshold, Maher Muneer, The Broken Wing, The Feather of the Dawn, The Speeches and Writings of Sarojini Naidu Maurice Maeterlinck Belgium 1862 08 29 dmy 1949 05 06 dmy playwright, poet, and essayist Princess Maleine, Intruder, The Blind, Pelléas and Mélisande, The Treasure of the Humble, The Blue Bird Klaus Mann Germany 1906 11 18 dmy 1949 05 21 dmy novelist, and essayist. Representative of Exilliteratur Escape to Life, Mephisto, The Turning Point, The Pious Dance, Adventure Book of a Youth, Rundherum Sigrid Undset Norway 1882 05 20 dmy 1949 06 10 dmy novelist, writer of historical fiction Kristin Lavransdatter, Jenny, Vaaren, The Master of Hestviken, Fru Marta Oulie Oton Župančič Slovenia 1878 01 23 dmy 1949 06 11 dmy Modernist poet, playwright, stage director, and translator Čaša opojnosti (The Goblet of Inebriation), Pesem mladine (The Song of Youth), Duma, Kovaška (The Blacksmith's Song), Žebljarska (The Nail Maker's Song), Noč za verne duše (A Night for Faithful Souls), Veronika Deseniška (Veronika of Desenice) Russell Doubleday United States 1872 05 26 dmy 1949 06 14 dmy writer, editor and publisher A Gunner Aboard the Yankee, Cattle Ranch to College, Stories of Inventors, Photography is Fun, Tree Neighbors Elsa Bernstein Austria 1866 10 27 dmy 1949 07 02 dmy dramatist, salonist, actress, memoirist Königskinder, Das Leben als Drama. Erinnerungen an Theresienstadt, Wir Drei(We Three), Dämmerung (Twilight) Hermann Grab Czechoslovakia 1903 05 06 dmy 1949 08 02 dmy novelist, short story writer, music critic, musician, and music teacher Der Stadtpark (Town Park), Hochzeit in Brooklyn (Marriage in Brooklyn) E. H. Young United Kingdom 1880 03 21 dmy 1949 08 08 dmy novelist, children's writer, mountaineer, and school librarian Miss Mole, Moor Fires, The Vicar's Daughter, Jenny Wren, The Curate's Wife, Chatterton Square, River Holiday Margaret Mitchell United States 1900 11 08 dmy 1949 08 16 dmy novelist, historical fiction writer, journalist Gone with the Wind, Lost Laysen, Ropa Carmagin, The Big Four, The Knight and the Lady, The Arrow Brave and the Deer Maiden, The Greaser, The Little Pioneers, When We Were Shipwrecked Herbert Eulenberg Germany 1876 01 25 dmy 1949 09 04 dmy playwright, poet, publisher, and essayist Letter of a Father of our Times, Münchhausen. Ein deutsches Schauspiel, Kassandra. Ein Drama, Ikarus und Daedalus, Das Ende der Marienburg. Ein Akt aus der Geschichte, Anna Boleyn, Die Prä-Raphaeliten Lucien Descaves France 1861 03 16 dmy 1949 09 06 dmy novelist Le Calvaire de Héloïse Pajadou (Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary) Will Cuppy United States 1884 08 23 dmy 1949 09 19 dmy humorist, satirist, literary critic, and columnist Maroon Tales, How to be a Hermit, How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes, How to Become Extinct, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, The Great Bustard and Other People George Shiels Ireland 1881 06 24 dmy 1949 09 19 dmy dramatist, short story writer, and poet The Rugged Path, The Passing Day, The New Gossoon, Bedmates, Moodie in Manitoba, Insurance Money, The Retrievers, The Jailbird, Quin's Secret Jorge Cáceres Chile 1923 04 18 dmy 1949 09 21 dmy poet, painter, and dancer Bound for the Great Polar Pyramid, René or celestial mechanics, Monument to the Birds, The frac incubator Jacques Copeau France 1879 02 04 dmy 1949 10 20 dmy dramatist, theatre director and producer, actor, and theatre reviewer Brouillard du matin (Morning Fog), Un essai de rénovation Dramatique: le théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (Essay on Dramatic Renewal: The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Le Veuf (The Widower), Le Miracle du pain doré (The Miracle of the Golden Bread), Le Petit Pauvre (The Poor Little One) T. Rowland Hughes United Kingdom 1903 04 17 dmy 1949 10 24 dmy novelist. dramatist, poet, broadcaster, and scriptwriter for radio shows William Jones, Chwalfa, Storïau Mawr y Byd (Great Stories of the World), Y Ffordd (The Way), Yr Ogof (The Cave, O Law i Law (From Hand to Hand) Yaroslav Halan Ukraine 1902 07 27 dmy 1949 10 24 dmy playwright, publicist, journalist, war correspondent in World War II, and anticlerical propagandist Unforgettable Days, Don Quixote from Ettenheim, 99%, Front on Air, In the service of Satan, Father of Darkness and His Henchmen, The Vatican Idols Thirst for Blood, Twilight of the Alien Gods, The Vatican Without Mask, I Spit on the Pope Rex Beach United States 1877 09 01 dmy 1949 12 07 dmy adventure fiction writer, novelist, playwright, Olympic water polo player, and gold prospector during the Klondike Gold Rush The Spoilers, The Silver Horde, Going Some, The Ne'er-Do-Well, Rainbow's End, Laughing Bill Hyde, The Winds of Chance, Too Fat to Fight, Flowing Gold, Son of the Gods Harriet Ford United States 1863 dmy 1949 12 12 dmy actress, playwright, and poet Back from the Dead, The Argyle Case, The Fourth Estate, The Greatest Thing in the World, A Gentleman of France, The Little Brother of the Rich, The Dummy, The Wrong Number, Where Julia rules; a comedy in four acts Hervey Allen United States 1889 12 08 dmy 1949 12 28 dmy historical fiction writer, memoirist, biographer, poet, and educator Anthony Adverse, Ballads of the Border, Toward the Flame, Wampum and Old Gold, Israfel 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, no new works would enter the public domain in this jurisdiction 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 1899 in literature, 1929 in literature and 1949 in literature for deaths of writers Public Domain Day Creative Commons References Category:Public domain Category:Public domain by year Category:2000 in law Category:2000 in literature Category:2000-related lists Category:Copyright law