2016 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 2016. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

Authors entering the public domain

Authors entering the public domain 70 years after death

With the exception of Belarus and Spain , a work enters the public domain in Europe and Brazil 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2016.^[1]^[2]

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Achmed Abdullah	United States	1881	1945	Pulp writer and screenwriter
Nikola Avramov	Bulgaria	1897	1945	Still life paintings
Milena Pavlović-Barili	Serbia	1909	1945	Painter, poet
Maurice Baring	United Kingdom	1874	1945	Writer
Béla Bartók	Hungary	1881	1945	Composer	Concerto for Orchestra
Robert Benchley	United States	1889	1945	Humorist	newspaper and magazine columns
Henry Bellamann	United States	1882	1945	Writer	Kings Row
Ursula Bethell	New Zealand	1874	1945	Poet	Collected poetry
Vilhelms Bokslafs	Latvia Russian Empire	1858	1945	Architect	Most notable buildings are Jaunmokas Manor near Tukums and Commercial school in Riga (now Art Academy of Latvia)
Nicola Bombacci	Italy	1879	1945	Marxist-Fascist journalist	Il mio pensiero sul bolscevismo (1941), I contadini nella Russia di Stalin (1942), I contadini nell'Italia di Mussolini (1943)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer	Germany	1906	1945	Theologian
Robert Brasillach	France	1909	1945	Writer	Je suis partout
Miles J. Breuer	United States	1889	1945	Writer	"The Gostak and the Doshes" (1930) and other science fiction stories
Fritz Brupbacher	Switzerland	1874	1945	Writer	Der Sinn des Lebens
Thomas Burke	United Kingdom	1886	1945	Writer	Limehouse Nights
Alexander Stirling Calder	United States	1870	1945	Sculptor	George Washington as President
David Young Cameron	United Kingdom	1865	1945	Artist
Franklin Carmichael	Canada	1890	1945	Artist
Anica Černej	Slovenia	1900	1945	Author, poet
Benjamin De Casseres	United States	1873	1945	Journalist, poet	The Shadow-Eater
Margaret Deland	United States	1856	1945	Writer	John Ward, Preacher
Mário de Andrade	Brazil	1893	1945	Writer	Macunaíma
Robert Desnos	France	1900	1945	Poet
Maurice Donnay	France	1859	1945	Dramatist
Lord Alfred Douglas	United Kingdom	1859	1945	Writer	Two Loves
Theodore Dreiser	United States	1871	1945	Writer, journalist	Sister Carrie, An American Tragedy
E. R. Eddison	United Kingdom	1882	1945	Writer	The Worm Ouroboros
Gus Edwards	United States	1879	1945	Songwriter	"By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "In My Merry Oldsmobile"
Eleanor Fortescue-Brigdale	United Kingdom	1871	1945	Artist	The Uninvited Guest, Riches
Anne Frank	Germany	1929	1945	Diarist	The Diary of a Young Girl
Øvre Richter Frich	Norway	1872	1945	Writer, journalist
Zinaida Gippius	Russia	1869	1945	Writer, poet
Adolf Hitler	Germany	1889	1945	Politician, Dictator of Nazi Germany	Mein Kampf, Zweites Buch
Suphi Nuri İleri	Turkey	1887	1945	Writer
Ljubomir Ivanović	Serbia	1882	1945	Printmaker, draughtsman
Malcolm Jameson	United States	1891	1945	Writer	Writer for American pulp magazines during the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Joseph Jastrow	United States	1863	1945	Psychologist
Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski	Poland	1885	1945	Writer, journalist
Osman Cemal Kaygılı	Turkey	1879	1945	Writer
Carl Wilhelm Kern	United States	1874	1945	Composer
Käthe Kollwitz	Germany	1867	1945	Artist	The Prisoners
Julius Korngold	Austria	1860	1945	Music critic
Jaroslav Kratochvil [cs; cs; Jaroslav Kratochvíl (spisovatel)]	Czech Republic	1885	1945	Writer
René Lalique	France	1860	1945	Glass designer
Else Lasker-Schüler	Germany	1869	1945	Writer	poetry and plays
James Leatham^[3]	United Kingdom	1865	1945	Writer, printer, publisher
Jonas Lie	Norway	1899	1945	Writer, minister
David Lindsay	United Kingdom	1876	1945	Writer	A Voyage to Arcturus
Eoin MacNeill	Ireland	1867	1945	Writer	Phases of Irish History
Tobias Matthay	United Kingdom	1858	1945	Teacher, pianist, composer	writings on piano playing
Arthur Mendel [ro; ro; Arthur Mendel]	Romania	1872	1945	Painter
Régis Messac	France	1893	1945	Writer, poet, translator
James V. Monaco	United States	1885	1945	Songwriter	"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"
Arthur Morrison	United Kingdom	1863	1945	Writer	A Child of the Jago
Benito Mussolini	Italy	1883	1945	Politician	My Autobiography
Moritz Nähr	Austria	1859	1945	Photographer
Alla Nazimova	United States	1879	1945	Writer, actor
Dobri Nemirov [bg; bg; Добри Немиров]	Bulgaria	1882	1945	Writer	When I was young
Otto Neurath	Austria	1882	1945	Writer	Anti-Spengler
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen	Denmark	1863	1945	Sculptor	Equestrian Statue of King Christian IX, Copenhagen
Charles Gilman Norris	United States	1881	1945	Writer, playwright	Salt (1919)
George S. Patton	United States	1885	1945	General	War As I Knew it
Harry Pease (de)	United States	1886	1944	Songwriter
Calel Perechodnik	Poland	1916	1945	Diarist
Ion Pillat	Romania	1891	1945	Poet	Pe Argeș în sus, Poeme într-un vers
Karel Poláček	Czech Republic	1892	1945	Writer
Vilhelms Purvītis	Latvia Russian Empire	1872	1945	Landscape painter and educator
Ernö Rapée	United States	1891	1945	Composer	silent film music
Edward Prosser Rhys	United Kingdom	1901	1945	Writer	Cerddi Prosser Rhys
Albert Richards	United Kingdom	1919	1945	Artist	Artwork produced during the Second World War about the British war effort
Alexander Roda Roda	Austria	1872	1945	Writer
Hando Ruus	Estonia	1917	1945	Military captain, artist
Felix Salten	Austria	1869	1945	Writer	Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde
Alexander Siloti	Ukraine	1863	1945	Pianist, composer
Kārlis Skalbe	Latvia Russian Empire	1879	1945	Writer, poet, and activist
Paul Smărăndescu [ro; ro]	Romania	1881	1945	Architect
Antal Szerb	Hungary	1901	1945	Writer	The Pendragon Legend
Ong Schan Tchow	China	1900	1945	Artist	Book of Chrysanthemums
Nikolai Tcherepnin	Russia	1873	1945	Composer
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy	Russia	1873	1945	Writer	Aelita, The Garin Death Ray, The Road to Calvary
Teodor Trayanov [bg; bg; Теодор Траянов]	Bulgaria	1882	1945	Poet	Song of songs, Regina Mortua, Hymns and Ballads
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil	Turkey	1866	1945	Writer
Anton Webern	Austria	1883	1945	Composer
Franz Werfel	Austria	1890	1945	Writer	The Song of Bernadette
Charles Williams	United Kingdom	1886	1945	Writer	Descent into Hell
John R. Commons	United States	1862	1945	Economist	Institutional Economics
August Lösch	Germany	1906	1945	Economist	Die räumliche Ordnung der Wirtschaft
David Lloyd George	United Kingdom	1863	1945	Politician	The Truth About The Peace Treaty, War Memoirs
Joseph Goebbels	Germany	1897	1945	Politician	Goebbels Diaries

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] Only unpublished works whose authors died in 1945 enter the public domain.

Works entering in public domain in 2016 by media

Books

A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
Sidney, Philip and His Wife, The Awakening of Helena Richie, The Iron Woman, The Rising Tide by Margaret Deland.
Paulicéia Desvairada, Macunaíma by Mário de Andrade
Aşk-ı Memnu, Kırık Hayatlar by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
Bambi, a Life in the Woods, Bambi's Children, Josephine Mutzenbacher, The Hound of Florence, Fünf Minuten Amerika, Perri by Felix Salten.
Red Plague Poem by Józef Szczepański
Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
Collection of Poems. 1889–1903 and Collection of Poems. Book 2. 1903-1909 by Zinaida Gippius
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, The Financier, The Titan, The "Genius", An American Tragedy, Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories, The Bulwark, The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser.
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison

Images

Winter by Vilhelms Purvītis

Music

Six string quartets and Cantata Profana by Béla Bartók.
Variations for piano, op. 27, String Quartet, Op. 28, Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24 by Anton Webern.
Prelude in E minor, BWV 855a by Alexander Siloti
Music of Le Pavillon d'Armide Ballet by Nikolai Tcherepnin
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) by James V. Monaco and Joseph McCarthy.

References

↑ "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.
↑ Directive 2006/116/EC
↑ Crick, Martin (1994). The History of the Social-Democratic Federation. Edinburgh University Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-85331-091-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=eea_kByVYsoC&pg=PA311.
↑ "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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[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.

[EU-2] Directive 2006/116/EC

[3] Crick, Martin (1994). The History of the Social-Democratic Federation. Edinburgh University Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-85331-091-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=eea_kByVYsoC&pg=PA311.

[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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