2017 in public domain

Short description: Overview of works entering public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2017. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

## Contents

* 1 Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years
* 2 Entering the public domain in countries with life + 50 years
* 3 Entering the public domain in Australia
* 4 Entering the public domain in the United States
* 5 See also
* 5.1 Lists of authors
* 6 References

## Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus , a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime.[1][2] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2017. This term also applies to unpublished works in the United States (otherwise see below).

Names  | Country  | Birth  | Death  | Occupation  | Notable work

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Giuseppe Adami  |  Italy  | 1878  | 1946  | librettist  | Libretti for three operas composed by Giacomo Puccini
Eriks Ādamsons  |  Latvia  | 1907  | 1946  | writer, poet, translator  |
Armando Augusto Freire (Armandinho)  |  Portugal  | 1891  | 1946  | Fado guitarist and composer  |
Louis Bachelier |  France  | 1870  | 1946  | Mathematician  |
Herbert Baker  |  United Kingdom  | 1862  | 1946  | Architect  |
Helen Bannerman  |  United Kingdom  | 1862  | 1946  | Writer  | The Story of Little Black Sambo
Granville Bantock  |  United Kingdom  | 1868  | 1946  | composer  |
James Bernard  |  United Kingdom  | 1874  | 1946  | Elocutionist  |
Allan Cyril Brooks  |  Canada  | 1869  | 1946  | Ornithologist, illustrator and artist  |
Uruguay  | 1869  | 1946  | Composer  |
Charles Despiau  |  France  | 1874  | 1946  | Sculptor  |
J. Michael Diack  |  United Kingdom  | 1869  | 1946  | Composer, arranger  | Arranged nursery rhymes in the style of Handel
Manuel de Falla  |  Spain  | 1876  | 1946  | Composer  | Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Ritual Fire Dance
W. C. Fields  |  United States  | 1880  | 1946  | Writer  |
Jane Findlater  |  United Kingdom  | 1866  | 1946  | Writer  |
Dion Fortune  |  United Kingdom  | 1890  | 1946  | Writer and occultist  | The Demon Lover, The Winged Bull, The Goat-Foot God, The Sea Priestess
Wanda Gág  |  United States  | 1893  | 1946  | Children's book author, artist, translator and illustrator  | Millions of Cats
Gerhart Hauptmann  |  Germany  | 1862  | 1946  | Writer, Nobel Prize laureate  | The Weavers, Bahnwärter Thiel (De)
Patty Hill  |  United States  | 1868  | 1946  | Songwriter  | Happy Birthday to You (with sister Mildred J. Hill, who predeceased her)
Violet Jacob  |  United Kingdom  | 1863  | 1946  | Writer and poet  |
John Maynard Keynes |  United Kingdom  | 1883  | 1946  | Economist  | A Treatise on Money
Hermann von Keyserling |  Germany  | 1880  | 1946  | Philosopher  |
Otis Adelbert Kline  |  United States  | 1891  | 1946  | Literary agent and science fiction writer  |
Paul Langevin |  France  | 1872  | 1946  | Physicist  |
Henri Le Fauconnier  |  France  | 1881  | 1946  | Painter  |
Józef Mehoffer  |  Poland  | 1869  | 1946  | Painter and decorative artist  |
Adolph de Meyer  |  France  | 1868  | 1946  | Photographer  |
László Moholy-Nagy  |  Hungary  | 1895  | 1946  | Painter and photographer  | Light-Space Modulator
Paul Nash  |  United Kingdom  | 1889  | 1946  | Painter/photographer  |
Mikhail Nesterov  |  Russia  | 1862  | 1942[3] | Painter  |
Feliks Nowowiejski  |  Poland  | 1877  | 1946  | Composer  | Rota (music)
Clemente Palma  |  Peru  | 1872  | 1946  | Author  |
Júlio Prestes  |  Brazil  | 1882  | 1946  | Politician  |
Damon Runyon  |  United States  | 1880  | 1946  | Writer and newspaperman  |
Abel Salazar (scientist)  |  Portugal  | 1889  | 1946  | Scientist and Painter  |
Alice Sauvrezis  |  France  | 1866  | 1946  | Composer  |
Ernest Thompson Seton  |  United Kingdom  | 1860  | 1946  | Writer and wildlife artist  | Wild Animals I Have Known
May Sinclair |  United Kingdom  | 1863  | 1946  | Writer  |
Václav Špála  |  Czech Republic  | 1885  | 1946  | Painter  |
Léon Spilliaert  |  Belgium  | 1881  | 1946  | Painter  |
Gertrude Stein  |  United States  | 1874  | 1946  | Writer  | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Three Lives
Karl Hans Strobl  |  Czech Republic  | 1877  | 1946  | Author and editor  |
Harry Von Tilzer  |  United States  | 1872  | 1946  | Songwriter  | Ziegfeld Follies
Frona Eunice Wait  |  United States  | 1859  | 1946  | Author and newspaper writer  | Wines and Vines of California
George Henry Weiss  |  United States  | 1898  | 1946  | Writer of science fiction and poetry  | The Night People
H. G. Wells |  United Kingdom  | 1866  | 1946  | Writer  | The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man
Stewart Edward White |  United States  | 1873  | 1946  | Writer and spiritualist  |
Cornel Simanjuntak  |  Indonesia  | 1921  | 1946  | Songwriter  | Maju Tak Gentar, Sorak-Sorak Bergembira, Bungaku, Indonesia Tetap Merdeka, Ku Pinta Lagi, Maju Indonesia
Alfred Rosenberg |  Germany  | 1893  | 1946  | Politician, writer  | The Myth of the Twentieth Century
Germany  | 1881  | 1946  | Poet  | Die lasterhaften Balladen und Lieder des François Villon
Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg  |  Germany  | 1905  | 1946  | Economist  | Marktform und Gleichgewicht

## Entering the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Canada , Belarus , Bolivia, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay, a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.

Names  | Country  | Birth  | Death  | Occupation  | Notable work

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Ralph Allen  |  Canada  | 1913  | 1966  | Writer, journalist  | Peace River Country
Lauro Ayestarán  |  Uruguay  | 1913  | 1966  | Musicologist  | La música en el Uruguay
André Breton  |  France  | 1896  | 1966  | Writer, poet  | Surrealist Manifesto
Jan Brzechwa  |  Poland  | 1898  | 1966  | Poet  |
Deems Taylor  |  United States  | 1885  | 1966  | Composer, music critic  |
Walt Disney  |  United States  | 1901  | 1966  | Filmmaker  |
C. S. Forester  |  United Kingdom  | 1899  | 1966  | Writer  | Horatio Hornblower, The African Queen, The General
Lloyd Garrett  |  United States  | 1886  | 1966  | Tenor, composer  |
Alberto Giacometti  |  Switzerland  | 1901  | 1966  | Sculptor, painter  | The Palace at 4 a.m., L'Homme au doigt, Grande tête mince, L'Homme qui marche I, Large Standing Woman I, Monumental Head
César Batlle Pacheco  |  Uruguay  | 1885  | 1966  | Politician, Journalist  |
Olhinto María Simoes  |  Uruguay  | 1901  | 1966  | Poet, journalist  | La sombra de los plátanos
Cordwainer Smith  |  United States  | 1913  | 1966  | Science fiction writer, professor, military officer  | Psychological Warfare, Norstrilia, Scanners Live in Vain, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard, A Planet Named Shayol
Evelyn Waugh  |  United Kingdom  | 1903  | 1966  | Writer  | Vile Bodies, A Handful of Dust
Mohamed Fawzi  |  Egypt  | 1918  | 1966  | Singer, Musician  | Kassaman
Mohamed El Qasabgi  |  Egypt  | 1892  | 1966  | Musician  | Raq El Habib
Badie' Khayri  |  Egypt  | 1893  | 1966  | Playwright  | Hassan wa Murqus wa Cohen
Sayyid Qutb  |  Egypt  | 1906  | 1966  | Writer  | Ma'alim fi al-Tariq, Fi Zilal al-Quran

## Entering the public domain in Australia

In 2004 copyright in Australia changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with America and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which brought some e.g. British authors back into copyright). Hence the work of an author who died before 1955 is normally in the public domain in Australia; but the copyright of authors was extended to 70 years after death for those who died in 1955 or later, and no more Australian authors will come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).

## Entering the public domain in the United States

The Copyright Term Extension Act means no published works would enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019.[4] The exception are unpublished works, which are subject to 70 years after the death of the creator, as above.

## See also

* 2012 in public domain
* 2013 in public domain
* 2014 in public domain
* 2015 in public domain
* 2016 in public domain
* 2018 in public domain
* 2019 in public domain
* 2020 in public domain
* 2021 in public domain
* 2022 in public domain
* List of countries' copyright lengths
* Public Domain Day
* Creative Commons
* Public Domain
* Over 300 public domain authors available in Wikisource (any language), with descriptions from Wikidata
* 1946 in literature, 1956 in literature, 1966 in literature and 1976 in literature

### Lists of authors

* Authors listed in Wikidata who died in 1946
* Over 300 public domain authors available in Wikisource (any language), with descriptions from Wikidata
* "Authors by Year of Death - 1946". AuthorAndBookInfo.com. http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/abyod/1946.htm.

## References

1. ↑ "EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard". Billboard.biz. 2011-09-12. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
2. ↑ Directive 2006/116/EC
3. ↑ Copyright term in Russia is extended by 4 years for authors who fought in or worked during the 1941-1945 war.
4. ↑ "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

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