2004 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 2004. 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, 2004. Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work J. M. Robertson United Kingdom 1856 11 14 dmy 1933 01 05 dmy politician, journalist. Trade and Tariffs, The Fallacy of Saving – A Study in Economics, History of Freethought in the Nineteenth Century, Pagan Christs – Studies in Comparative Hierology, The Historical Jesus: A Survey of Positions, The Jesus Problem: Restatement of the Myth Theory, Jesus and Judas Hugo Zöller Germany 1852 01 12 dmy 1933 dmy explorer, journalist. Rund um die Erde, Die Deutschen im brasilianischen Urwald, Pampas und Anden George Moore Ireland 1852 02 24 dmy 1933 01 21 dmy novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Confessions of a Young Man, Esther Waters Sara Teasdale United States 1884 08 08 dmy 1933 01 29 dmy lyric poet. Love Songs, Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems, Helen of Troy and Other Poems, Rivers to the Sea John Galsworthy United Kingdom 1867 08 14 dmy 1933 01 31 dmy novelist, playwright. The Forsyte Saga, The Silver Box, A Modern Comedy, End of the Chapter Takiji Kobayashi Japan 1903 10 13 dmy 1933 02 20 dmy novelist, proletarian literature writer. Kani Kōsen (The Crab Cannery Ship), Fuzaijinushi (The Absentee Landlord), March 15, 1928, Life of a Party Member, The Dogs That Kill Men Earl Derr Biggers United States 1884 08 26 dmy 1933 04 05 dmy novelist, playwright, detective fiction writer, journalist. The House Without a Key, The Chinese Parrot, Behind That Curtain, The Black Camel E. W. Hobson United Kingdom 1856 10 27 dmy 1933 04 19 dmy mathematician. The theory of functions of a real variable and the theory of Fourier's series, Mathematics, from the points of view of the Mathematician and of the Physicist, John Napier and the Invention of Logarithms, 1614, The Theory of Spherical and Ellipsoidal Harmonics Janet Milne Rae United Kingdom 1844 07 08 dmy 1933 04 24 dmy novelist, missionary. Morag: A Tale of Highland Life, Geordie's Tryst: A Tale of Scottish Life, A Bottle in the Smoke: A Tale of Anglo-Indian Life, The Awakening of Priscilla Constantine P. Cavafy Greece 1863 04 29 dmy 1933 04 29 dmy poet, journalist, civil servant. Waiting for the Barbarians, Ithaca, In Sparta, The God Abandons Antony, Kaisarion Anna de Noailles France 1876 11 15 dmy 1933 04 30 dmy novelist, poet, autobiographer. Les Innocentes, ou La Sagesse des femmes, Le Livre de ma vie, Les Vivants et les Morts, Les Forces éternelles Leonard Huxley United Kingdom 1860 12 11 dmy 1933 05 03 dmy biographer, magazine editor, schoolteacher. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM, GCSI, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley: a character sketch John Henry Mackay Germany 1864 02 06 dmy 1933 05 16 dmy anarchist philosopher, sports novelist. Die Anarchisten (The Anarchists: A Picture of Civilization at the Close of the Nineteenth Century), Leidenschaft(The Swimmer: The Story of a Passion), Die Bücher der namenlosen Liebe von Sagitta (Sagitta's Books of the Love without a Name), Der Freiheitsucher (The Freedom Seeker), Der Puppenjunge (The Hustler). Horatio Bottomley United Kingdom 1860 03 23 dmy 1933 05 26 dmy nationalist politician, World War I-era propagandist, magazine editor, newspaper proprietor, journalist, financier, fraudster. Founder of John Bull, co-founder of Financial Times, regular writer of the column series The World, the Flesh and the Devil, writer of Why Not a Women's Parliament? Dragutin Domjanić Croatia 1875 09 12 dmy 1933 06 07 dmypoet, writer of puppet plays Fala, Popevke sam slagal, Petrica Kerempuh and the Smart Ass Anthony Hope United Kingdom 1863 02 09 dmy 1933 07 08 dmyadventure fiction writer, playwright The Prisoner of Zenda, Rupert of Hentzau, Tales of Two People, A Man of Mark, The Dolly Dialogues Alexandru Philippide Romania 1859 05 01 dmy 1933 08 12 dmylinguist, philologist, university professor, polemicistIntroducere în istoria limbei și literaturei române (Introduction to the History of Romanian Language and Literature), Gramatică elementară a limbii române (Elementary Grammar of the Romanian Language), Un specialist român la Lipsca (A Romanian Specialist at Leipzig), Originea românilor (The Origin of the Romanians) Annie Besant United Kingdom 1847 10 01 dmy 1933 09 20 dmypolitical writer, Theosophist, women's rights activist, activist for both Irish and Indian Self-governanceChristianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History, A Study in Consciousness: A contribution to the science of psychology., Esoteric Christianity, Man's Life in This and Other Worlds, The Life and Teaching of Muhammad, Sins of the Church: Threatenings and Slaughters György Almásy Hungary 1867 08 11 dmy 1933 09 23 dmyzoologist, ornithologist, ethnographerMadártani betekintés a román Dobrudzsába(Ornithological investigation into the Romanian Dobruja),Utazásom orosz Turkesztánba (My Journey to Russian Turkestan), Vándor-utam Ázsia szívébe (My Travels to the Heart of Asia) Ring Lardner United States 1885 03 06 dmy 1933 09 25 dmysports columnist, novelist, short-story writer, satiristregular writer for the column series In the Wake of the News, wrote You Know Me Al, Haircut, Alibi Ike, Elmer, the Great, June Moon Pascal Poirier Canada 1852 02 15 dmy 1933 09 25 dmypolitician, historian, lawyerL'Origine des Acadiens, Les Acadiens de Philadelphie, Le Père Lefebvre et l'Acadie, Le Parler franco-acadien et ses origines G. R. S. Mead United Kingdom 1863 03 22 dmy 1933 09 28 dmyhistorian, translator, magazine editor, TheosophistFragments of a Faith Forgotten, Did Jesus Live 100 BC?, Thrice Greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis, The Mysteries Of Mithra, The Chaldæan Oracles, Gnostic John the Baptizer: Selections from the Mandæan John-Book Herminie Templeton Kavanagh Ireland 1861 05 06 dmy 1933 10 30 dmyshort-story writer, playwrightDarby O'Gill and the Good People, Ashes of Old Wishes and Other Darby O'Gill Tales, The Color Sergeant, Swift-Wing of the Cherokee F. Holland Day United States 1864 07 23 dmy 1933 11 23 dmyphotographer, publisherThe Seven Last Words Augustine Birrell United Kingdom 1850 01 19 dmy 1933 11 20 dmypolitician, essayist, humorist, college professorObiter Dicta, Res Judicatae: Papers and Essays, More Obiter Dicta, Things Past Redress, Eight Years of Tory Government, 1895-1903; home affairs; handbook for the use of liberals Minnie Earl Sears United States 1873 11 17 dmy 1933 11 28 dmylibrarian, cataloguer, bibliographerwriter of the Sears List of Subject Headings and the List of Subject Headings for Small Libraries, editor of the Standard Catalog for Public Libraries and the Standard Catalog for High School Libraries, co-editor of the Essay and General Literature Index Annie Armitt United Kingdom 1850 dmy 1933 11 30 dmynovelist, poet, short story writer, essayistThe Garden at Monkholme, In Shallow Waters, Man and His Relatives: A Question of Morality Stefan George Germany 1868 07 12 dmy 1933 12 04 dmysymbolist poet, translatorDer Krieg (The War), Das neue Reich (The New Realm), Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge, und der hängenden Gärten(The Books of Eclogues and Eulogies, of Legends and Lays, and of the Hanging Gardens), Der siebente Ring (The Seventh Ring) Robert W. Chambers United States 1865 05 26 dmy 1933 12 16 dmyshort-story writer, supernatural horror writer, weird fiction writerThe King in Yellow, The Maker of Moons, The Mystery of Choice, The Tree of Heaven Georgina Castle Smith United Kingdom 1845 05 09 dmy 1933 12 27 dmychildren's writerNothing to Nobody, Froggy's Little Brother, Five Little Partridges, or, The Pilot's House, The Secret Terror Jennie M. Bingham United States 1859 03 16 dmy 1933 06 27 dmyshort-story writer, poet, biographerA Grain of Mustard Seed, Melissa's Successful Failure, Margy's Holy Grail, Charlotte Brontë, Rembrandt and His Picture, The Anatomy Lesson 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 Rachilde France 1860 02 11 dmy 1953 04 04 dmy novelist, playwright Monsieur Vénus, La Marquise de Sade, La Jongleuse Idris Davies United Kingdom 1905 01 06 dmy 1953 04 06 dmy poet Gwalia Deserta(Wasteland of Wales), The Angry Summer: A Poem of 1926, Tonypandy and other poems C. E. M. Joad United Kingdom 1891 08 12 dmy 1953 04 09 dmy philosopher, political activist, New Party propagandist, BBC broadcasting personality, parapsychologist, ghost hunter, teacher Guide to Modern Thought, Guide to Philosophy, Under the Fifth Rib, The Rational Approach to Conscription, The Meaning of Life As Shown in the Process of Evolution, The Story of Indian Civilisation, Man's Superiority to the Beasts : Liberty Versus Security in the Modern State Gordon Hall Gerould United States 1877 dmy 1953 04 10 dmy philologist, folklorist, university professor Sir Guy of Warwick, The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story, Saints' Legends, The Ballad of Tradition Alice Milligan Ireland 1865 09 04 dmy 1953 04 13 dmy dramatist, novelist, nationalist political activist, columnist, poet regular writer of the column series Notes from the North, writer of The Last Feast of the Fianna: A Dramatic Legend, The Daughter of Donagh: A Cromwellian Drama in Four Acts, Sons of the Sea King, The Dynamite Drummer, Oisin in Tir-nan-Og, Glimpses of Erin: An Account of the Ancient Civilisation, Manners, Customs, and Antiquities of Ireland Alfred Vierkandt Germany 1867 06 04 dmy 1953 04 24 dmy sociologist, ethnographer, social psychologist, social philosopher, philosopher of history Naturvölker und Kulturvölker. Ein Beitrag zur Socialpsychologie, Allgemeine Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsgeschichte, Programm einer formalen Gesellschaftslehre (Program for a formal theory of society), Der Dualismus im modernen Weltbild Moelona United Kingdom 1877 06 21 dmy 1953 06 05 dmy novelist, translator, children's writer, textbook writer Rhamant Nyrs Bivan (Nurse Bevan's Romance), Alys Morgan, Teulu Bach Nantoer (The Little Family of Nantoer), Breuddwydion Myfanwy (The Dreams of Myfanwy) Richard Jebb United Kingdom 1874 dmy 1953 06 25 dmy journalist, military writer, army instructor Elsa Beskow Sweden 1874 02 11 dmy 1953 06 30 dmy children's writer, illustrator Tale of the Little Little Old Woman, Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender, Children of the Forest, Grandma's quilt, Buddy's Adventures in the Blueberry Patch, Talented Annika Julia de Burgos Puerto Rico 1914 02 17 dmy 1953 07 06 dmy poet, journalist, political activist Poema para Mi Muerte (My Death Poem), Yo Misma Fui Mi Ruta (I Was My Own Path), Alba de Mi Silencio (Dawn of My Silence) Hilaire Belloc United Kingdom 1870 07 27 dmy 1953 07 16 dmy politician, historian, poet, satirist, biographer, travel writer, encyclopedist Cautionary Tales for Children, The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, The Servile State, The Four Men: A Farrago, Europe and the Faith, The Jews, The Crusades: the World's Debate J. H. M. Abbott Australia 1874 12 26 dmy 1953 08 12 dmy novelist, short-story writer, poet, journalist Tommy Cornstalk : Being Some Account of the Less Notable Features of the South African War from the Point of View of the Australian Ranks, The King's School and Other Tales for Old Boys, Castle Vane : A Romance of Bushranging on the Upper Hunter in the Olden Days, Sydney Cove : A Romance of the First Fleet, Sally : The Tale of a Currency Lass Maurice Nicoll United Kingdom 1884 07 19 dmy 1953 08 30 dmy neurologist, psychiatrist, esoteric teacher, novelist, short-story writer, dramatist Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, Dream Psychology, Lord Richard in the Pantry, Cupid Goes North, In Mesopotamia, Half a Ton of Dynamite, An Awkward Situation Eirik Vandvik Norway 1904 dmy 1953 dmy literature professor, classical scholar, medievalist, dictionary writer Greek tragedy, Iliad Ivan Bunin Russia 1870 10 22 dmy 1953 11 08 dmy realist novelist, short-story writer, diarist The Village, Dry Valley, The Life of Arseniev, Dark Avenues, Cursed Days John van Melle South Africa 1887 02 11 dmy 1953 11 08 dmy novelist, war fiction writer, schoolteacher Bart Nel Dylan Thomas United Kingdom 1914 10 27 dmy 1953 11 09 dmy poet, dramatist, scriptwriter for radio Do not go gentle into that good night, And death shall have no dominion, Under Milk Wood, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog Eugene O'Neill United States 1888 10 16 dmy 1953 11 27 dmy realist playwright Long Day's Journey into Night, Ah, Wilderness!, Beyond the Horizon, The Emperor Jones, Strange Interlude T. F. Powys United Kingdom 1875 12 20 dmy 1953 11 27 dmy novelist, short-story writer Mr. Weston's Good Wine, Unclay, The Soliloquy of a Hermit, An Interpretation of Genesis, Mr Tasker's Gods, The House With the Echo: Twenty-six Stories Francis Picabia France 1879 01 22 dmy 1953 11 30 dmy avant-garde painter, writer, publisher, filmmaker, ballet writer The Spring, La Nuit Espagnole (The Spanish Night), The Double World, Relâche, screenwriter for the film Entr'acte Claude Scudamore Jarvis United Kingdom 1879 07 20 dmy 1953 12 08 dmy colonial governor, Arabist, naturalist, columnist regular writer of the column series A Countryman's Notes, wrote Yesterday and To-day in Sinai, The Back Garden of Allah, Through Crusader Lands, Heresies and Humours, The forty years' wandering of the Israelites Lulah Ragsdale United States 1861 02 05 dmy 1953 12 26 dmy novelist, dramatist, poet, actress The Crime of Philip Guthrie, The Hand of Angèle, A Shadow's Shadow, The Little Ghost, Miss Dulcie from Dixie, The Next-Besters, The Dream Woman Tan Khoen Swie Indonesia c. 1883 dmy 1953 dmy publisher, writer, mystic Eponymous founder of the publishing company Tan Khoen Swie Publishing Company, also published books under his own name which compiled texts from a variety of anonymous sources. 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 1934 entered the public domain in this jurisdiction on January 1, 2004.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 1903 in literature, 1933 in literature and 1953 in literature for deaths of writers Public Domain Day Creative Commons References Category:Public domain by year Public domain