2018 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 2018. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus and Spain (which is Life + 80 for creators who 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, 2018. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years.

Names Country Death Occupation Notable work
James Agate United Kingdom 6 June 1947 Writer, critic Ego
Tilly Aston Australia 1 November 1947 Educator, writer
Joseph Barcroft United Kingdom 21 March 1947 Physiologist The Respiratory Function of the Blood
W. Augustus Barratt United States 12 April 1947 Composer Sir Patrick Spens
Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes United Kingdom 14 November 1947 Novelist The Lodger
J. D. Beresford United Kingdom 1 February 1947 Science fiction and horror author The Hampdenshire Wonder
Augustin Bernard France 29 December 1947 Geographer Les Confins algéro-marocains
Tristan Bernard France 7 December 1947 Playwright Mémoires d'un jeune homme rangé
Jean-Richard Bloch France 15 March 1947 Writer
Luigi Bonelli Italy 26 January 1947 Orientalist Lessico italiano-turco
Pierre Bonnard France 23 January 1947 Painter, printmaker
Wolfgang Borchert Germany 20 November 1947 Playwright Draußen vor der Tür
Angela Brazil United Kingdom 13 March 1947 Children's books author
Óscar Castro Zúñiga Chile 1 October 1947 Writer Llampo de Sangre, Camino en el alba, Comarca del jazmín
Willa Cather United States 24 April 1947 Writer My Ántonia
Dmitry Censor Russia 26 December 1947 Poet
George Chatterton-Hill Ireland 12 January 1947 Philosopher Heredity and Selection in Sociology
Édouard Chatton France 23 April 1947 Biologist
Winston Churchill United States 12 March 1947 Novelist The Celebrity
Ananda Coomaraswamy United States 9 September 1947 historian, philosopher The Dance of Shiva
Aleister Crowley United Kingdom 1 December 1947 Poet Bibliography
Franz Cumont Belgium 20 August 1947 archeologist Texts and Illustrated Monuments Relating to the Mysteries of Mithra
Petras Cvirka Lithuania 2 May 1947 Author Frank Kruk
Josef Čapek Czech April 1945[3] Painter, writer All About Doggie and Pussycat
Anton Denikin Russia 8 August 1947 Soldier, writer Russian Turmoil
Walter Donaldson United States 15 July 1947 Songwriter Makin' Whoopee, Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Hans Fallada Germany 5 February 1947 Writer Der junge Goedeschal, Little Man, What Now?
Irving Fisher United States 29 April 1947 Economist The Purchasing Power of Money
Desmond FitzGerald Ireland 9 April 1947 Architect
Henry Ford United States 7 April 1947 Business magnate The International Jew
John Ulrich Giesy United States 8 September 1947 Writer, physician Palos of the Dog Star Pack
Victor Goldschmidt Norway 20 March 1947 Mineralogist Geochemische Verteilungsgesetze der Elemente
Reynaldo Hahn France 28 January 1947 Composer Ciboulette
G. H. Hardy United Kingdom 1 December 1947 Mathematician A Mathematician's Apology
Frank Heller Sweden 14 October 1947 Writer The London Adventures of Mr. Collin
Frederick Gowland Hopkins United Kingdom 16 May 1947 Biochemist Feeding experiments illustrating the importance of accessory factors in normal dietaries
Blanche Hoschedé Monet France 8 December 1947 Painter
Victor Horta Belgium 9 August 1947 Architect
Albert Howard United Kingdom 20 October 1947 Botanist An Agricultural Testament
Ricarda Huch Germany 17 November 1947 Author The Deruga Case
Stanislav Hudeček Czech Republic 15 April 1947 Painter and illustrator
E.M. Hull United Kingdom 11 February 1947 Novelist The Sheik
Pierre Janet France 24 February 1947 Psychologist La médecine psychologique
Afevork Ghevre Jesus Ethiopia 25 September 1947 Writer Ləbb Wälläd Tarik
Elizabeth Jordan United States 24 February 1947 Journalist, suffragist, author
Pyotr Krasnov Russia 17 January 1947 Soldier, writer From Double Eagle To the Red Flag
Karel Langer Czech Republic 2 May 1947 Painter
Richard Le Gallienne United Kingdom 15 September 1947 author, poet
C. Louis Leipoldt South Africa 12 April 1947 Poet
Philipp Lenard Germany 20 May 1947 Physicist Quantitative on cathode rays
Friedrich von Lerch Austria 19 December 1947 Physicist Separation of radium C from radium E
Hugh Lofting United Kingdom 26 September 1947 Writer Doctor Dolittle series
Ernst Lubitsch Germany 30 November 1947 Director
Manuel Machado Spain 19 January 1947 Poet and playwright La Lola se va a los puertos
Arthur Machen United Kingdom 15 December 1947 Fantasy and horror author The Great God Pan, The Three Impostors, The Hill of Dreams, The White People
Karl Mannheim United Kingdom 9 January 1947 Sociologist Ideology and Utopia
Henri Manuel France 11 September 1947 Photographer
William Moulton Marston United States 2 May 1947 Psychologist, inventor, comic book writer Wonder Woman, DISC assessment
Anatole de Monzie France 11 January 1947 Encyclopaedist Grandeur et servitude judiciaires
Yone Noguchi Japan 13 July 1947 Writer The American Diary of a Japanese Girl
Emma Orczy United Kingdom 12 November 1947 Novelist, Playwright The Scarlet Pimpernel
P. D. Ouspensky Russia 2 October 1947 Mathematician, esotericist
Friedrich Paschen Germany 25 February 1947 Physicist Ueber die zum Funkenübergang in Luft, Wasserstoff und Kohlensäure bei verschiedenen Drucken erforderliche Potentialdifferenz
John Henry Patterson United Kingdom 18 June 1947 Soldier, hunter, author The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
Reginald Payne United Kingdom 20 December 1947 Illustrator The Railway Series
Júlio Afrânio Peixoto Brazil 12 January 1947 Writer
Max Planck Germany 4 October 1947 Scientist
R. I. Pocock United Kingdom 9 August 1947 Zoologist The Fauna of British India
Carl Adolph Preyer United States 16 November 1947 Composer Festal Polonaise, Op.14
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz  Switzerland 23 May 1947 Author Beauty on Earth
Forrest Reid United Kingdom 4 January 1947 Novelist Young Tom
Nicholas Roerich Russia
India 		13 December 1947 Painter, writer
Borys Romanowski Georgia 1947 Polish painter active in Georgia
Margaret Marshall Saunders Canada 15 February 1947 Writer
Johannes Schubert. Austria 29 September 1947 Physicist
Emil Schovánek Czech Republic 11 July 1947 Painter
Alexander Scott United Kingdom 10 March 1947 Chemist An Introduction to Chemical Theory
Kathleen Scott United Kingdom 25 July 1947 Sculptor
Victor Serge Belgium 17 November 1947 Marxist revolutionary, writer From Lenin to Stalin, Destiny of a Revolution
M. P. Shiel Montserrat 17 February 1947 Horror and science fiction author The Purple Cloud, The Yellow Danger
Andrei Shkuro Russia 17 January 1947 Soldier, memoirist
Alfred Walter Stewart United Kingdom 1 July 1947 Chemist, Writer Nordenholt's Million
Alan Sullivan Canada 6 August 1947 Writer The Great Divide
Flora Thompson United Kingdom 21 May 1947 Novelist, poet Lark Rise to Candleford
Mstislav Tsyavlovsky Russia
Soviet Union 		11 November 1947 Literary scholar
Jim Tully United States 22 June 1947 Writer Beggars of Life
Marcel Varnel France 13 July 1947 Film Director
E. C. Vivian United Kingdom 21 May 1947 Writer, editor Fields of Sleep
Sidney Webb United Kingdom 13 October 1947
Alfred North Whitehead United Kingdom 30 December 1947 Mathematician Process and Reality
Anna Wickham United Kingdom 30 April 1947 Poet Songs of John Oland
Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman Belgium 24 July 1947 Botanist
Almroth Wright United Kingdom 30 April 1947 Bacteriologist The Unexpurgated Case against Woman Suffrage
Riichi Yokomitsu Japan 30 December 1947 Writer
Eduard von Zambaur Austria 10 October 1947 Orientalist Die Münzprägungen des Islams

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

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

Names Country Death Occupation Notable work
J. R. Ackerley United Kingdom 4 June 1967 Writer, editor My Dog Tulip, We Think the World of You
Ciro Alegría Peru 17 February 1967 Journalist, novelist El mundo es ancho y ajeno
Gordon Allport United States 9 October 1967 psychologist Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality
Norman Angell United Kingdom 7 October 1967 journalist, author, politician The Great Illusion
Tudor Arghezi Romania 14 July 1967 poet, novelist, essayist Cuvinte Potrivite, Zdreanță
Marcel Aymé France 14 October 1967 Novelist, children's writer, playwright The passer-through-walls
Margaret Ayer Barnes United States 25 October 1967 playwright, novelist, short-story writer Years of Grace
Vladimir Bartol Slovenia 12 September 1967 Writer Alamut
Frank Bruno New Zealand 12 July 1967 Writer, cartoonist, boxer Black Noon at Ngutu, The Hellbuster
John Coltrane United States 17 July 1967 Saxophonist, composer Giant Steps
Isaac Deutscher United Kingdom 19 August 1967 Biographer Stalin: a Political Biography
Julien Duvivier France 29 October 1967 film director, screenwriter Sous le ciel de Paris
Ilya Ehrenburg Russia 31 August 1967 writer, journalist, translator Black Book, The Thaw
Sidney Bradshaw Fay United States 29 August 1967 Historian The Origins of the World War
Varian Fry United States 13 September 1967 Journalist The Peace that Failed, Surrender on Demand
Hein Gorny Germany 14 June 1967 Photographer Collection at Deutsche Fotothek
Che Guevara Argentina
Cuba 		9 October 1967 Communist revolutionary, author Guerrilla Warfare
Robert van Gulik Netherlands 24 September 1967 writer, diplomat, translator The Chinese Maze Murders
Woody Guthrie United States 3 October 1967 singer-songwriter This Land Is Your Land
J. A. Hollo Finland 22 January 1967 Translator, scholar
Edward Hopper United States 15 May 1967 Painter Nighthawks
Langston Hughes United States 22 May 1967 Writer The Weary Blues
Lajos Kassák Hungary 22 July 1967 Poet, writer, painter
Margaret Kennedy United Kingdom 31 July 1967 Novelist, playwright The Constant Nymph, Troy Chimneys
Joseph Kesselring United States 5 November 1967 playwright Arsenic and Old Lace
Zoltán Kodály Hungary 6 March 1967 Composer, philosopher, ethnomusicologist Psalmus Hungaricus
Wolfgang Köhler Germany 11 June 1967 Psychologist The Mentality of Apes, Gestalt Psychology
Josefina Lerena Acevedo de Blixen Uruguay 12 November 1967 Writer, journalist Reyles
Douglas MacLean United States 9 July 1967 actor, writer Mama Loves Papa
René Magritte Belgium 15 August 1967 Painter The Difficult Crossing, The Treachery of Images
John Masefield United Kingdom 12 May 1967 Poet, novelist The Everlasting Mercy, Sea-Fever
André Maurois France 9 October 1967 author The Silence of Colonel Bramble
Carson McCullers United States 29 September 1967 Novelist, playwright, poet The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding
Edgar Neville Spain 23 April 1967 playwright, film director
Christopher Okigbo Nigeria September 1967 Writer
J. Robert Oppenheimer United States 18 February 1967 Physicist, professor
Joe Orton United Kingdom 9 August 1967 Playwright The Ruffian on the Stair, Entertaining Mr Sloane
Dorothy Parker United States 7 June 1967 Writer Enough Rope
Violeta Parra Chile 5 February 1967 Composer, songwriter Gracias a la Vida
Arthur Ransome United Kingdom 3 June 1967 Writer, journalist Swallows and Amazons series
Otis Redding United States 10 December 1967 Singer, songwriter Respect
Elmer Rice United States 8 May 1967 playwright The Adding Machine, Street Scene
Gerhard Ritter Germany 1 July 1967 Historian Luther: Gestalt und Symbol
José Martínez Ruiz Spain 2 March 1967 Novelist, essayist, literary critic La ruta de Don Quijote, La voluntad, Antonio Azorín
Carl Sandburg United States 22 July 1967 Poet, writer, journalist Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Chicago Poems
Siegfried Sassoon United Kingdom 1 September 1967 poet, soldier, writer Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
Philippa Schuyler United States 9 May 1967 Journalist, pianist Adventures in Black and White
Walter Terence Stace United Kingdom 2 August 1967 Philosopher, academic, Mysticism and Philosophy
Billy Strayhorn United States 31 May 1967 Composer, lyricist Take the "A" Train, Lush Life
Jean Toomer United States 30 March 1967 Poet, novelist Cane
Pavlo Tychyna Ukraine 16 September 1967 Poet, statesman
Paul Whiteman United States 29 December 1967 Bandleader, composer Flamin' Mamie
Ossip Zadkine France 25 November 1967 Artist The Destroyed City
Wolfgang Zeller Germany 11 January 1967 Composer
João Guimarães Rosa Brazil 19 November 1967 Writer Sagarana

Entering the public domain in Australia

See also: Copyright law of 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 bought some e.g. British authors back into copyright, especially those who died from 1925 to 1944). 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 would come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).

Entering the public domain in the United States

See also: Public domain in the United States

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, 2018 was the last year that no published works would enter the public domain in this jurisdiction.[4] Only unpublished works whose authors died in 1947 entered the public domain.

On January 26, 2018, Ludlow Music, the music publisher for "We Shall Overcome", agreed in a legal settlement that the song is in the public domain.[5]

Worldwide

On February 27, 2018, the video game One Hour One Life was released into the public domain.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard". Billboard.biz. 2011-09-12. Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. ^ Directive 2006/116/EC
  3. ^ Josef Čapek's remains were never found. In 1948 the court officially set the date of his death, the day which he did not survive being 30 April 1947.
  4. ^ "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  5. ^ Gardner, Eriq. "Song Publisher Agrees "We Shall Overcome" Is in Public Domain in Legal Settlement". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ^ Rohrer, Jason (17 March 2019). no_copyright.txt. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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