2010 in 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.

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
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
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

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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