2010 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 2010. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

## Contents

* 1 Entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years
* 2 Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years
* 3 Entering the public domain in the United States
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

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

With the exception of Belarus & Spain (which has a copyright term of 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.[1][2] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2010.

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

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Margarete Böhme  |  Germany  | 1867  | 1939  | novelist, short story writer  | Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
Solomon Cleaver  |  Canada  | 1855  | 1939  | novelist  | Jean Val Jean
Ethel M. Dell  |  United Kingdom  | 1881  | 1939  | romance novelist  | The Rocks of Valpré
Mary Frances Dowdall  |  United Kingdom  | 1876  | 1939  | novelist  |  Susie Yesterday, To-Day, and Forever,  ; Three Loving Ladies, The Tactless Man
Havelock Ellis  |  United Kingdom  | 1859  | 1939  | medical textbook writer, eugenicist, psychologist  | Studies in the Psychology of Sex Vol. 2, A Study of British Genius
Ford Madox Ford  |  United Kingdom  | 1873  | 1939  | novelist, poet  | The Good Soldier, Parade's End
Sigmund Freud |  Austria  | 1856  | 1939  | Neurologist and psychoanalyst  | Introduction to Psychoanalysis, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Civilization and Its Discontents
Ludwig Fulda  |  Germany  | 1862  | 1939  | novelist, playwright, poet  | Der Seeräuber, Aladdin und die Wunderlampe
Agnes Giberne  |  India  | 1845  | 1939  | children's writer, novelist, science writer  | Sun, Moon and Stars: Astronomy for Beginners, Among the Stars, or wonderful things in the sky
Zane Grey  |  United States  | 1872  | 1939  | Western novelist  | Riders of the Purple Sage, The Rainbow Trail
Richard Halliburton  |  United States  | 1900  | 1939  | travel writer  | The Royal Road to Romance,  The Glorious Adventure
Robin Hyde  |  New Zealand  | 1906  | 1939  | novelist, poet  | Passport to Hell, Check To Your King
Vladislav Khodasevich  |  Russia  | 1886  | 1939  | poet, memoirist  | Heavy Lyre, Necropolis,
Volter Kilpi  |  Finland  | 1874  | 1939  | novelist  | Alastalon salissa
Alcina Leite Pindahíba (pt)  |  Brazil  | 1854  | 1939  | Educator  | Campesinas[3]
Antonio Machado  |  Spain  | 1875  | 1939  | poet  | Juan de Mairena
Leonard Merrick  |  United Kingdom  | 1864  | 1939  | novelist, short story writer, playwright  | Mr Bazalgette's Agent, Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Alphonse Mucha  |  Austrian Empire  Czech Republic  | 1860  | 1939  | Painter, illustrator and graphic artist  | The Slav Epic
Kanoko Okamoto  |  Japan  | 1889  | 1939  | poet, short story writer  | A Riot of Goldfish
Llewelyn Powys  |  United Kingdom  | 1884  | 1939  | essayist, novelist  | A Pagan's Pilgrimage, Now That The Gods Are Dead
Arthur Rackham  |  United Kingdom  | 1867  | 1939  | book illustrator  | illustrations for Rip Van Winkle, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels
Maurice Renard  |  France  | 1875  | 1939  | Author  | The Hands of Orlac and The Blue Peril
Amanda McKittrick Ros  |  Ireland  | 1860  | 1939  | novelist, poet  | Irene Iddesleigh
Joseph Roth  |  Austria  | 1894  | 1939  | novelist, essayist  | The Wandering Jews, Radetzky March
E. C. Segar  |  United States  | 1894  | 1939  | cartoonist  | Popeye, Thimble Theatre
Caton Theodorian  |  Romania  | 1871  | 1939  | playwright, poet, short story writer and novelist  | Bujoreștii ("The Bujorescus")
S. S. Van Dine  |  United States  | 1888  | 1939  | mystery writer  | The Benson Murder Case, The Bishop Murder Case
Amy Catherine Walton  |  United Kingdom  | 1849  | 1939  | children's writer  | A Peep Behind the Scenes
W. B. Yeats  |  Ireland  | 1865  | 1939  | poet, dramatist, prose writer  | The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics

## 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.

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

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Manuel Altolaguirre  |  Spain  | 1905  | 1959  | poet, screenwriter  | Las islas invitadas y otros poemas(The Invited Isle and Other Poems), El triunfo de las germanías (The Triumph of the Brotherhood of the Guilds)
Maxwell Anderson  |  United States  | 1888  | 1959  | playwright, poet  | Both Your Houses, Joan of Lorraine
Edwin Balmer  |  United States  | 1883  | 1959  | Author  | When Worlds Collide
Johan Bojer  |  Norway  | 1872  | 1959  | novelist, playwright  | Den siste viking (The Last of the Vikings), Vor egen stamme(The Emigrants)
Arnolt Bronnen  |  Austria  | 1895  | 1959  | playwright  |  Parricide, Birth of Youth
Emil František Burian  |  Czech Republic  | 1904  | 1959  | poet, playwright  | Member of Osvobozené divadlo
Raymond Chandler  |  United States  | 1888  | 1959  | detective fiction novelist, screenwriter  | The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, ; The Little Sister, The Long Goodbye
Laxmi Prasad Devkota  |  Nepal  | 1909  | 1959  | poet, playwright, novelist  | Muna Madan, Shakuntala
Apsley Cherry-Garrard  |  United Kingdom  | 1886  | 1959  | memoirist  | The Worst Journey in the World
G. D. H. Cole  |  United Kingdom  | 1889  | 1959  | political theorist, economist, historian, short story writer  | The Brooklyn Murders, The Death of a Millionaire
W. W. Greg  |  United Kingdom  | 1875  | 1959  | bibliographer, Shakespearean scholar  | Dramatic Documents from the Elizabethan Playhouses, English Literary Autographs, 1550–1650
Otfrid von Hanstein  |  Germany  | 1869  | 1959  | Author  |
Laurence Housman  |  United Kingdom  | 1865  | 1959  | novelist, playwright, illustrator  | An Englishwoman's Love-letters, Victoria Regina
Julien Josephson  |  United States  | 1881  | 1959  | screenwriter  | Lady Windermere's Fan, The Bat, Heidi, Wee Willie Winkie
Alfred Kubin  |  Austria  | 1877  | 1959  | Author and illustrator  | The Other Side
Edwin Muir  |  United Kingdom  | 1887  | 1959  | Poet, Novelist  | The Present Age from 1914, The Scots and Their Country
Luis Palés Matos  |  Puerto Rico  | 1898  | 1959  | Poet  | El palacio en sombras (The Palace in Shadows), Falsa canción de baquiné (False Song of a funeral for a child)
Benjamin Péret  |  France  | 1899  | 1959  | Poet  | Le Passager du transatlantique, De derrière les fagots
Sax Rohmer  |  United Kingdom  | 1883  | 1959  | crime novelist, horror fiction writer  | The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, Brood of the Witch-Queen
Alfred Schütz |  Austria  | 1899  | 1959  | philosopher, social phenomenologist  | William James' Concept of the Stream of Consciousness Phenomenologically Interpreted, The Stranger
Pauline Smith  |  South Africa  | 1882  | 1959  | novelist, short story writer, memoirist, playwright  | The Little Karoo, The Beadle
Galaktion Tabidze  |  Georgia  | 1892  | 1959  | poet  | The Wind Blows
José Vasconcelos |  Mexico  | 1882  | 1959  | philosopher  | La raza cósmica (The Cosmic Race)
Boris Vian  |  France  | 1920  | 1959  | novelist  | I Spit on Your Graves, Froth on the Daydream
Percy F. Westerman  |  United Kingdom  | 1876  | 1959  | children's writer  | King of Kilba

## Entering the 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.[4][5] If the work is owned by a corporation, then the copyright extends 95 years.[6]

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.[7]

## See also

* 1939 in literature and 1959 in literature for deaths of writers
* Public Domain Day
* Creative Commons

## 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. ↑ "Alcina Leite Pindahíba". https://www.literaturabrasileira.ufsc.br/autores/?id=8755&locale=en. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
4. ↑ "What Could Have Entered the Public Domain | Duke University School of Law". http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2012/pre-1976.
5. ↑ "S.505 - One Hundred Fifth Congress of the United States of America at the Second 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.
6. ↑ "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States | Copyright Information Center". http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm.
7. ↑ "United States Copyright Law". http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php.

## External links

* Which works fall into the public domain in 2010?
* Public Domain Day 2010: A roundup
* Public Domain Day: January 1, 2010
* What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2010? Under the law that existed until 1978 . . . Works from 1953
* Nothing to celebrate on Public Domain Day 2010 in the US

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