2006 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 2006. 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, 2006. Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work Lewis Grassic Gibbon United Kingdom 1901 02 13 dmy 1935 02 07 dmy novelist. A Scots Quair, Spartacus Ioan Bianu Romania 1856 dmy 1935 02 13 dmy philologist and bibliographer. Bibliografia Românească veche (1508–1830), Catalogul manuscriselor românești din Biblioteca Academiei Vernon Lee United Kingdom 1856 10 14 dmy 1935 02 13 dmy writer of supernatural fiction, essayist on aesthetics. Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy, Euphorion: Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance Tsubouchi Shōyō Japan 1859 05 22 dmy 1935 02 28 dmy playwright, novelist, translator Kiri Hitoha (A Paulownia Leaf), Hototogisu Kojō no Rakugetsu (The Sinking Moon over the Lonely Castle Where the Cuckoo Cries) Edwin Arlington Robinson United States 1869 12 22 dmy 1935 04 06 dmy playwright, poet Children of The Night, The Man Who Died Twice Anna Katharine Green United States 1846 11 11 dmy 1935 04 11 dmy detective novelist, poet The Leavenworth Case, Marked "Personal" Panait Istrati Romania 1884 08 10 dmy 1935 04 16 dmy short story writer Les Récits d'Adrien Zograffi (The Stories of Adrian Zografi), Adolescence d'Adrien Zograffi (Adolescence of Adrian Zografi) T. E. Lawrence United Kingdom 1888 08 16 dmy 1935 05 19 dmy autobiographer Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Mint Kaitarō Hasegawa Japan 1900 01 17 dmy 1935 06 29 dmy novelist, translator Jappu shobai orai (A Jap Businessman's Guide), Tange Sazen George William Russell Ireland 1867 04 10 dmy 1935 07 17 dmy poet, painter, literary critic, writer on mysticism Candle of Vision: Autobiography of a Mystic, The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity William Watson United Kingdom 1858 08 02 dmy 1935 08 11 dmy poet The Purple East: A Series Of Sonnets On England's Desertion of Armenia, The Superhuman Antagonists and Other Poems Charlotte Perkins Gilman United States 1860 07 03 dmy 1935 08 17 dmy novelist, short story writer, magazine editor The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland Henri Barbusse France 1873 05 17 dmy 1935 08 30 dmy novelist, short story writer, poet Under Fire, Hell Iván Persa Slovenia 1861 04 02 dmy 1935 09 26 dmy religious writer Od vnouge i velke miloscse i pomoucsi szvétoga skapulera Winifred Holtby United Kingdom 1898 04 02 dmy 1935 09 29 dmy novelist, poet, non-fiction writer South Riding, Women and a changing civilization Steele Rudd Australia 1868 11 14 dmy 1935 10 11 dmy short story writer, novelist On Our Selection, The Romance of Runnibede Ella Loraine Dorsey United States 1853 03 02 dmy 1935 11 03 dmy writer of young adult fiction, translator, encyclopedia contributor The Knickerbocker Ghost, The Tsar's Horses Mary R. P. Hatch United States 1848 06 19 dmy 1935 11 28 dmy novelist, poet The Upland mystery : a tragedy of New England, The bank tragedy : a novel Louise Manning Hodgkins United States 1846 08 05 dmy 1935 11 28 dmy educational writer, editor, historian on religious history A Guide to the study of nineteenth century authors, Via Christi : an introduction to the study of missions Mary G. Charlton Edholm United States 1854 10 28 dmy 1935 11 29 dmy journalist, editor, non-fiction writer on sex trafficking The Traffic in Girls and Florence Crittenton Missions, Shall our Women Vote? Fernando Pessoa Portugal 1888 06 13 dmy 1935 11 30 dmy poet, literary critic, translator, philosopher Mensagem, The Book of Disquiet Stanley G. Weinbaum United States 1902 04 04 dmy 1935 12 14 dmy science fiction writer A Martian Odyssey, Valley of Dreams Lizette Woodworth Reese United States 1856 01 09 dmy 1935 12 17 dmy poet A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days, The Old House in the Country Kurt Tucholsky Germany 1890 01 09 dmy 1935 12 21 dmy political writer, satirist, essayist Rheinsberg, Schloss Gripsholm Clarence Day United States 1874 11 18 dmy 1935 12 28 dmy comic writer, cartoonist Life with Father, God and my Father 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 workFik Abbing nlNetherlands1901 05 8 dmy1955 08 12 dmyPainter, IllustratorWorksDmytro AbramovychSoviet Union1873 08 07 dmy1955 03 04 dmyHistorian, writerKyiv Caves Patericon (editor) Eugene Agafonoff uk Агафонов Євген АндрійовичRussian EmpireUnited States1879 10 02 dmy1955 04 20 dmyPainterPortrait of B. K. RudnievJames AgeeUnited States1909 11 27 dmy1955 05 16 dmyNovelist, Journalist, Poet, ScreenwriterA Death in the Family, Let Us Now Praise Famous MenSilvio D'AmicoItaly1887 02 03 dmy1955 04 01 dmy Theatre theorist Opanas Andriievskyi de Opanas AndrijewskyjUkraine18781955 05 16 dmyPoliticianUkrainian Nationalism, 1917—1919 Viktor Averin uk Аверін Віктор ГригоровичSoviet Union1885 10 18 dmy1955 12 27 dmyZoologistOn the ornithology of the Kharkov provinceRuby M. AyresUnited Kingdom1881 01 28 dmy1955 11 14 dmyRomance novelistRichard Chatterton, V.C., Castles in Spain, and other booksJohannes BaaderGermany1875 06 21 dmy1955 01 14 dmyWriter, Artist, ArchitectLloyd BaconUnited States1889 12 04 dmy1955 11 15 dmyActor, Film directorFilmography as director Guido Battelli deItaly1869 09 24 dmy1955 04 13 dmyWriterWorks Leonid Biletskyi uk Білецький Леонід ТимофійовичUkraineCanada1882 06 17 dmy1955 02 05 dmyLiterary scholarFundamentals of the Ukrainian Literary and Scholarly Criticism Yulii Brashchaiko pl Julij BraszczajkoUkraineSoviet Union1879 04 19 dmy1955 10 09 dmyPoliticianWhat I saw in Transcarpathia from 1918 to 1946Gilbert CannanUnited Kingdom1884 06 25 dmy1955 06 30 dmyNovelist, dramatistThe Release of the Soul, Windmills: A Book of FablesDale CarnegieUnited States1888 11 24 dmy1955 11 01 dmyWriter on self-helpHow to Win Friends and Influence People, How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingPierre Teilhard de ChardinFrance1881 05 01 dmy1955 04 10 dmyJesuit priest, Scientist, Paleontologist, Theologian, PhilosopherThe Phenomenon of Man, Writings in Time of WarBeatrice ChaseUnited Kingdom1874 07 05 dmy1955 07 03 dmyNovelist, religious writer, photographerThe Voice of the River, The Heart of the Moor Eugenio Cirese itItaly1884 02 21 dmy1955 02 08 dmyPoetWorksPaul ClaudelFrance1868 08 06 dmy1955 02 23 dmyPoet, DramatistThe Satin Slipper, Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, and other worksRobert P. T. CoffinUnited States1892 03 18 dmy1955 01 20 dmyPoet, literary critic, editorThe Dukes of Buckingham, Playboys of the Stuart World, Red Sky in the MorningJim CorbettBritish India1875 07 25 dmy1955 04 19 dmyNaturalist, writerMan-Eaters of KumaonDonald CorleyUnited States1886 06 08 dmy1955 12 11 dmyShort story author, illustrator, architect Alfredo Cuscinà itItaly1881 11 30 dmy1955 03 30 dmyComposerMain operettasWilliam C. deMilleUnited States1878 07 25 dmy1955 03 05 dmyScreenwriter, Film directorFilmography Pavlo Dolyna uk Долина Павло ТрохимовичSoviet Union1884 11 12 dmy1955 09 15 dmyDirectorStormIsaak DunayevskySoviet Union1900 01 30 dmy1955 07 25 dmyComposerWide is My Motherland, Moya Moskva Mykola Duzhyi uk Дужий Микола АтанасійовичUkraineSoviet Union1901 12 13 dmy1955 05 18 dmyPolitician, essayistThe ideological and political face of VKP(b) and VLKSMMary Tracy EarleUnited States1864 10 21 dmy1955 09 07 dmyShort story writer, essayist, librarianThe Wonderful Wheel, Through Old Rose GlassesAlbert EinsteinGermanyUnited States1879 03 14 dmy1955 04 18 dmyTheoretical physicistScientific publications, The Evolution of Physics, The Meaning of RelativityGeorge EnescuRomania1881 08 19 dmy1955 05 04 dmyComposerCompositionsAdalbert ErdeliSoviet UnionUkraineHungary1891 05 25 dmy1955 09 19 dmyPainter, sculptorRiver in UzhhorodConcha EspinaSpain1879 04 15 dmy1955 05 19 dmyWriterBibliographyÉmile FabreFrance1869 03 24 dmy1955 09 25 dmy PlaywrightPlaysJoseph Jefferson FarjeonUnited Kingdom1883 06 04 dmy1955 06 06 dmyNovelist, Playwright, ScreenwriterNumber 17, The Z Murders, and other worksNicolai FechinRussian EmpireUnited States1881 12 08 dmy1955 10 05 dmyPainterPortrait of Jack HunterSári FedákHungary1899 09 27 dmy1955 05 05 dmySinger Alexander Fleming United Kingdom 1881 08 06 dmy 1955 03 11 dmy PhysicianOn the Antibacterial Action of Cultures of a Penicillium (...)José Ortega y GassetSpain1883 05 09 dmy1955 10 18 dmyPhilosopher, EssayistThe Revolt of the Masses, The Dehumanization of Art, and other worksCalouste GulbenkianArmeniaUnited Kingdom1869 03 23 dmy1955 07 20 dmyBusinessman, philanthropistLa Transcaucasie et la péninsule d'Apchéron; souvenirs de voyageRodolfo GrazianiItaly1882 08 11 dmy1955 01 11 dmyGeneralBooks Yurii Hoida uk Гойда Юрій АндрійовичSoviet Union1919 03 15 dmy1955 06 02 dmyWriter, translatorHungarian MelodiesConstance HolmeUnited Kingdom1880 10 07 dmy1955 06 17 dmyNovelist, playwrightThe Old Road from Spain, The Wisdom of the Simple and Other StoriesArthur HoneggerSwitzerland1892 03 10 dmy1955 11 27 dmyComposerCompositionsClemence HousmanUnited Kingdom1861 11 23 dmy1955 12 06 dmyAuthorMaría IzquierdoMexico1902 10 30 dmy1955 12 2 dmyPainterHerbert Stanley JevonsUK1875 10 08 dmy1955 06 27 dmyEconomistJames P. JohnsonUnited States1894 02 01 dmy1955 11 17 dmyComposer, pianistCharlestonEmma JungSwitzerland1882 03 30 dmy1955 11 27 dmyPsychologist, writerAnimus and AnimaMihály KárolyiHungary1875 03 04 dmy1955 03 19 dmyPoliticianMemoirs: Faith without IllusionStepan KolesnikoffRussian EmpireYugoslavia1879 07 23 dmy1955 05 27 dmyPainter, sculptorOn the SeashoreNikolay KrylovSoviet Union1879 11 29 dmy1955 05 11 dmyMathematicianLes Méthodes de Solution Approchée des Problèmes de la Physique Mathématique Bohdan Kryzhanivskyi uk Крижанівський Богдан ВолодимировичSoviet Union1894 08 24 dmy1955 04 20 dmyComposerDanylo HalytskyiFernand LégerFrance1881 02 04 dmy1955 08 17 dmyPainter, Sculptor, Filmmaker Anastasiia Levytska uk Левицька Анастасія ЗіновіївнаSoviet Union1899 11 16 dmy1955 11 06 dmySingerRoger MaisJamaica1905 08 11 dmy1955 06 21 dmyNovelist, short story writer, poet, playwrightThe Hills Were Joyful Together, Brother Man Juliusz Makarewicz pl Juliusz Makarewicz (prawnik)Poland1875 05 05 dmy1955 04 20 dmyLawyerPrawo karne: wykład porównawczy z uwzględnieniem prawa obowiązującego w Rzeczypospolitej PolskiejThomas MannGermany1875 06 06 dmy1955 08 12 dmyNovelist, philosopher, essayistBuddenbrooks, Doctor Faustus, and other worksCarl MillesSweden1875 06 23 dmy1955 09 19 dmySculptorWorksCarmen MirandaPortugalBrazil1909 02 09 dmy1955 08 05 dmySingerO Que É Que A Baiana Tem?António Egas MonizPortugal1874 11 29 dmy1955 12 13 dmyNeurologistPrefrontal leucotomy. Surgical treatment of certain psychosesAdrienne MonnierFrance1892 04 26 dmy1955 06 19 dmyWriter, publisher, translatorSouvenirs de Londres, Rue de l'Odéon Luka Myshuha uk Мишуга Лука ТеодоровичUkraineUnited States1887 10 13 dmy1955 02 08 dmyHistorian, journalistWhat Are the Courts Like Today in Ukraine?Garegin NzhdehArmenia1886 01 01 dmy1955 12 21 dmyStatesman, writerPages from my diary, An open letter to the Armenian intelligentsiaJaime OvalleBrazil1894 08 05 dmy1955 09 09 dmyComposerWorksAlexandros PapagosGreece1883 12 09 dmy1955 10 04 dmyGeneralThe battle for GreeceCharlie ParkerUnited States1920 08 29 dmy1955 03 12 dmySaxophonistMax PechsteinGermany1881 12 31 dmy1955 06 29 dmyPainterFrancesco Balilla PratellaItaly1880 02 01 dmy1955 05 17 dmyComposerSelected WorksHerbert PutnamUnited States1861 09 20 dmy1955 08 14 dmyLibrarianPutnam Classification SystemMahammad Amin RasulzadeAzerbaijan1884 01 31 dmy1955 03 06 dmyPolitician, playwrightSiyavush of our century Oleksii Riabov uk Рябов Олексій ПантелеймоновичSoviet Union1899 03 17 dmy1955 12 18 dmyComposerWedding in Malinovka (operetta) uk Весілля в Малинівці (оперета)Robert RiskinUnited States1897 03 30 dmy1955 09 20 dmyScreenwriter, PlaywrightBless You Sister, Many a Slip, and other filmsHelena RoerichRussia1879 02 12 dmy1955 10 05 dmyPhilosopher, writerThe Holy Scripture of Agni YogaRupprecht, Crown Prince of BavariaGermany1869 05 18 dmy1955 08 02 dmyGeneral, princeMy War DiaryAngo SakaguchiJapan1906 10 20 dmy1955 02 17 dmyWriterDarakuron, Kazehakase Volodymyr Savchenko-Bilskyi de Wołodymyr Sawczenko-BilskiUkraine1867 07 14 dmy1955 09 21 dmyAdmiralMilitary fleet of UkraineNat SchachnerUnited States1895 01 16 dmy1955 10 02 dmyAuthor and biographerSpace LawyerCharles ShawAustralia1900 08 10 dmy1955 08 01 dmyDetective novelist, short story writerHeaven Knows, Mr. Allison and You're Wrong, DelaneyRobert E. SherwoodUnited States1896 04 04 dmy1955 11 14 dmyScreenwriter, playwrightWaterloo Bridge, Idiot's DelightNicolas de StaëlFrance1914 01 05 dmy1955 03 16 dmyPainterRainer StahelGermany1892 01 15 dmy1955 11 30 dmyGeneralDas 1. Lothringische Infanterie-Regiment Nr 130 (...)Al. T. StamatiadRomania1885 05 09 dmy1955 12 dmyPoet, short story writer, dramatist, translatorNoapte, Cetatea cu porțile închiseWallace StevensUnited States1879 10 02 dmy1955 08 02 dmyModernist poetThe Auroras of Autumn, Harmonium, The Man with the Blue GuitarYves TanguyFrance1900 01 05 dmy1955 01 15 dmyPainterPaintingsYevgeny TarleSoviet Union1874 10 27 dmy1955 01 06 dmyHistorianNapoleon's Invasion of Russia, 1812Tin UjevićCroatia1891 07 05 dmy1955 11 12 dmyPoetMrsko ja, Ispit savjesti, and other worksMaurice UtrilloFrance1883 12 26 dmy1955 11 05 dmyPainterEdouard Verschaffelt frBelgium1874 dmy1955 dmyPainterAnwar WagdiEgypt1904 10 11 dmy1955 5 14 dmyDirectorThe Flirtation of GirlsLéon WerthFrance1878 02 17 dmy1955 12 13 dmy WriterBooksHermann WeylGermany1885 11 09 dmy1955 12 08 dmyMathematician, Theoretical physicist, PhilosopherBibliographyAlexander WienerbergerAustria1891 12 08 dmy1955 01 05 dmyPhotographer, engineerPhotographic evidence of Holodomor Andrii Yakovliv pl Andrij JakowliwUkraine1872 12 11 dmy1955 05 14 dmyPolitician, lawyerUkrainian-Muscovite Treaties of the 17th–18th Centuries 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 1936 entered the public domain in this jurisdiction on January 1, 2006.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 1905 in literature, 1935 in literature and 1955 in literature for deaths of writers Public Domain Day Creative Commons References Category:Public domain by year Public domain