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2034 in public ___domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public ___domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public ___domain in 2034 under the most common copyright regimes.

This list is based on current copyright laws and regulations, which are subject to change without notice.

Countries with life + 70 years

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See also: Creators whose works entered the public ___domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2014

Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years)[1] and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988), a work enters the public ___domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime.[2][3] In addition, several other countries have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
Georges Braque   France 13 May 1882 31 August 1963 Painter, sculptor The Viaduct at L'Estaque
Babu Gulabrai   India 17 January 1888 13 April 1963 Writer
Nâzım Hikmet   Turkey 17 January 1902 3 June 1963 Poet Kız Çocuğu
Amar Nath Kak   India 1889 1963 Writer
Louis MacNeice   Ireland
  UK 		12 September 1907 3 September 1963 Poet, playwright Autumn Journal
Laudelino Mejías   Venezuela 29 August 1893 30 November 1963 Composer "Conticinio"
Enrique Pérez Arce   Mexico 18 January 1989 25 June 1963 Politician, writer La Tambora
Rajendra Prasad   India 3 December 1893 28 February 1963 Politician, writer
Hemendra Kumar Roy   India 2 September 1888 18 April 1963 Writer
Laxminarayan Sahu   India 3 October 1890 18 January 1963 Writer
Rahul Sankrityayan   India 9 April 1893 14 April 1963 Activist, writer Meri Jeevan Yatra
Anasuya Shankar   India 1 September 1928 29 July 1963 Writer
Acharya Shivpujan Sahay   India 9 August 1893 21 January 1963 Writer

Countries with life + 60 years

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See also: Creators whose works entered the public ___domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2024

In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public ___domain 60 years after the creator's death.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
Aziz Abaza   Egypt 13 August 1898 11 July 1973 Poet, politician
Zainal Abidin Ahmad   Malaysia 16 September 1895 23 October 1973 Writer, linguist
W. H. Auden   United Kingdom 21 February 1907 29 September 1973 Poet
Malek Bennabi   Algeria 1 January 1905 31 October 1973 Philosopher Les Conditions de la Renaissance
Charles Brasch   New Zealand 27 July 1909 20 May 1973 Poet, editor Landfall
Elizabeth Bowen   Ireland
  United Kingdom 		7 June 1899 22 February 1973 Biologist
Pearl S. Buck   United States 26 June 1892 6 March 1973 Novelist The Good Earth
Amílcar Cabral   Cape Verde
  Guinea-Bissau 		12 September 1924 20 January 1973 Activist Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada
Noël Coward   United Kingdom 16 December 1899 26 March 1973 Playwright Noël Coward on stage and screen
John Creasey   United Kingdom 17 September 1908 9 June 1973 Writer Gideon's Day
Jim Croce   United States 10 January 1943 20 September 1973 Musician
Bobby Darin   United States 14 May 1936 20 December 1973 Musician
Henry Darger   United States 12 April 1892 13 April 1973 Novelist, artist In the Realms of the Unreal
Arthur Freed   United States 9 September 1894 12 April 1973 Lyricist, film producer Singin' in the Rain
John Ford   United States 1 February 1894 4 August 1973 Director John Ford filmography
Ragnar Frisch   Norway 3 March 1895 31 January 1973 Economist
Anthony Gilbert   Great Britain 15 February 1899 9 December 1973 Writer The Vanishing Corpse
Elisabeth Hauptmann   Germany 20 June 1897 20 April 1973 Playwright The Threepenny Opera (with Bertolt Brecht)
Taha Hussein   Egypt 13 August 1898 11 July 1973 Poet, politician The Days
José Alfredo Jiménez   Mexico 19 January 1926 23 November 1973 Songwriter "El Rey"
Lyndon B. Johnson   United States 27 August 1908 22 January 1973 Politician
Raymonde de Kervern   Mauritius 1898 or 1899 1973 Poet
Bruce Lee   United States 27 November 1940 20 July 1973 Martial artist Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Kathleen Lindsay   Great Britain 1903 1973 Writer
Gian Francesco Malipiero   Italy 18 March 1882 1 August 1973 Composer, musicologist L'Orfeide
Cornelia Meigs   United States 1884 1973 Childrens writer The Windy Hill
Nancy Mitford   Great Britain 28 November 1904 30 June 1973 Writer The Pursuit of Love
Pablo Neruda   Chile 12 July 1904 23 September 1973 Poet Canto General, Oda al Gato
Robert C. O'Brien   United States 11 January 1918 5 March 1973 Writer Z for Zachariah
Kid Ory   United States 25 December 1886 23 January 1973 Composer Red Allen, Kid Ory & Jack Teagarden at Newport
Gram Parsons   United States 5 November 1946 19 September 1973 Musician
Isabel Peacocke   New Zealand 31 January 1881 12 October 1973 Writer Cathleen with a 'C'
Pablo Picasso   Spain 25 October 1881 8 April 1973 Painter Guernica, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Pixinguinha   Brazil 23 April 1897 17 February 1973 Composer
William Plomer   South Africa 10 December 1903 20 September 1973 Writer
Andy Razaf   United States 16 December 1895 3 February 1973 Lyricist Ain't Misbehavin'
Gopal Prasad Rimal     Nepal 21 May 1917 24 October 1973 Poet Jangi Nishan Hamro
Ivan T. Sanderson   United States 30 January 1891 19 February 1973 Biologist
Nigoghos Sarafian   France 1902 1972 Poet
Mohammed ash-Shanqîtî [fr]   Mauritania   KSA 17 February 1905 10 January 1973 Muslim scolar Works
Allan Sherman   United States 30 November 1924 20 November 1973 Comedian "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)"
Ousmane Diop Socé   Senegal 31 October 1911 27 October 1973 Poet Contes et légendes d'Afrique noire
Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade   Somalia 1920 6 February 1973 Poet
Bhim Nidhi Tiwari     Nepal 1911 1973 Poet Dagbatti
J. R. R. Tolkien   United Kingdom 3 January 1892 2 September 1973 Writer J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography
Valentin Tomberg   Russian Empire 26 February 1900 24 February 1973 Mystic Meditations on the Tarot
Âşık Veysel   Turkey 25 October 1894 21 March 1973 Composer
Alan Watts   United Kingdom 6 January 1915 16 November 1973 Philosopher Alan Watts bibliography
Chic Young   United States 9 January 1901 14 March 1973 Cartoonist Blondie

Countries with life + 50 years

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In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as 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
Hergé   Belgium 22 May 1907 3 March 1983 Comic artist The Adventures of Tintin

Countries with life + 80 years

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See also: Works that entered the public ___domain in countries with life + 70 years in 2024

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988.[4] In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public ___domain 80 years after the creator's death.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
Hans Aanrud   Norway 3 September 1863 11 January 1953 Writer
Tamar Abakelia   Georgia 19 August 1905 14 May 1953 Sculptor
Abdullah Yusuf Ali   India 14 April 1872 10 December 1953 Translator The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary
Dimitri Arakishvili   Georgia 11 February 1873 13 August 1953 Composer The Legend of Shota Rustaveli
Agustín Abarca   Chile 27 December 1882 28 May 1953 Painter
Walter Armitage   South Africa 1 June 1906 22 February 1953 Playwright
Vladimir Bakaleinikov   Russia 3 October 1885 5 November 1953 Composer, conductor
Rudolf Bauer   Germany 11 February 1889 28 November 1953 Painter
Arnold Bax   United Kingdom 8 November 1883 3 October 1953 Composer, writer List of compositions by Arnold Bax
Harmsen van der Beek   The Netherlands 8 October 1897 24 July 1953 Illustrator, commercial artist Noddy
Hilaire Belloc   United Kingdom 27 July 1870 16 July 1953 Writer Hilaire Belloc bibliography
Róbert Berény   Hungary 18 March 1887 10 September 1953 Painter Sleeping Lady with Black Vase
Henri Bernstein   France 20 June 1876 27 November 1953 Playwright Samson, Mélo
Elsa Beskow   Sweden 11 February 1874 30 June 1953 Writer, illustrator
Ugo Betti   Italy 4 February 1892 9 June 1953 Playwright, judge The Fugitive
Henrik Bull   Norway 28 March 1864 2 June 1953 Architect National Theatre
Ivan Bunin   Russia 4 February 1892 9 June 1953 Writer List of short stories by Ivan Bunin, List of poems by Ivan Bunin
John Horne Burns   United States 7 October 1916 11 August 1953 Writer The Gallery
Rosario Candela   United States 7 March 1890 3 October 1953 Architect 740 Park Avenue
Harold Cazneaux   Australia 30 March 1878 19 June 1953 Photographer Cazneaux Tree
Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla   Pakistan 31 May 1902 5 February 1953 Composer "Qaumi Taranah"
Albert Coates   United Kingdom 23 April 1882 11 December 1953 Composer, conductor
Ruth Crawford Seeger   United States 3 July 1901 18 November 1953 Composer String Quartet 1931
Peter DeRose   United States 10 March 1896 23 April 1953 Composer "Deep Purple"
Raoul Dufy   France 3 June 1877 23 March 1953 Painter
Edmund Dulac   France 22 October 1882 25 May 1953 Illustrator
Jean Epstein   France 25 March 1897 2 April 1953 Film director The Fall of the House of Usher
Georges Le Faure   France 12 June 1856 25 May 1953 Writer
Emil Filla   Czech Republic 4 April 1882 7 October 1953 Painter
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński   Poland 23 January 1905 6 December 1953 Poet Skumbrie w tomacie
Albert Gleizes   France 8 December 1881 23 June 1953 Painter, writer List of works by Albert Gleizes
Milt Gross   United States 4 March 1895 29 November 1953 Cartoonist Count Screwloose
Guccio Gucci   Italy 26 March 1881 2 January 1953 Fashion designer
Sophia Hayden   United States 17 October 1868 3 February 1953 Architect The Woman's Building
Mary Brewster Hazelton   United States 23 November 1868 13 September 1953 Painter
Jindřich Heisler [fr]   Czech Republic 1 September 1914 4 January 1953 Photographer, writer and surrealist artist
Cecil Hepworth   United Kingdom 19 March 1874 9 February 1953 Film director, producer Alice in Wonderland (1903 film)
Tatsuo Hori   Japan 28 December 1904 28 May 1953 Writer The Wind Has Risen
Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa   Sri Lanka 16 December 1875 18 June 1953 Writer Art as a factor in the soul's evolution
Joseph Jongen   Belgium 14 December 1873 12 July 1953 Composer Mass, Op. 130
Emmerich Kálmán   Hungary 24 October 1882 30 October 1953 Composer Die Csárdásfürstin, Countess Maritza, Die Zirkusprinzessin
Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram   India 26 August 1883 17 September 1953 Writer
Fritz Kirchhoff   Germany 10 December 1901 25 June 1953 Film director Attack on Baku
Moïse Kisling   France 22 January 1891 29 April 1953 Painter
Eduard Künneke   Germany 27 January 1885 27 October 1953 Composer The Cousin from Nowhere
Elisabeth Kuyper   The Netherlands 13 September 1877 26 February 1953 Composer
Jorge de Lima   Brazil 23 April 1893 15 November 1953 Politician, writer
Will Longstaff   Australia 25 December 1879 1 July 1953 Painter Menin Gate at Midnight
Oskar Luts   Estonia 7 January 1887 23 March 1953 Writer, playwright
Kornel Makuszyński   Poland 8 January 1884 31 July 1953 Writer Koziołek Matołek
Herman J. Mankiewicz   United States 7 November 1897 5 March 1953 Screenwriter Citizen Kane
Emmanuel de Margerie   France 11 November 1862 20 December 1953 Geographer
John Marin   United States 23 December 1870 2 October 1953 Painter
Daniel Gregory Mason   United States 20 November 1873 4 December 1953 Composer, music critic
Erich Mendelsohn   Germany 21 March 1887 15 September 1953 Architect List of works by Erich Mendelsohn
Moses Milner   Russia 29 December 1886 25 October 1953 Composer
Mime Misu   Romania 29 December 1886 25 October 1953 Dancer, film director In Nacht und Eis, Das Mirakel
Vera Mukhina   Soviet Union 1 July 1889 6 October 1953 Sculptor, painter Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
Sulaiman Nadvi   Pakistan 22 November 1884 22 November 1953 Writer Khutbat-e-madras
Ibrahim Nagi   Egypt 1 July 1889 6 October 1953 Poet "Al-Atlal"
Francesco Saverio Nitti   Italy 19 July 1868 20 February 1953 Politician
Hisato Ohzawa   Japan 1 August 1907 28 October 1953 Composer Piano Concerto No. 3
Eugene O'Neill   United States 16 October 1888 27 November 1953 Playwright Long Day's Journey into Night
Francis Picabia   France 22 January 1879 30 November 1953 Painter List of works by Francis Picabia
Joseph Pinchon   France 17 April 1871 20 June 1953 Illustrator Bécassine
Uroš Predić   Serbia 7 December 1857 12 February 1953 Painter Happy Brothers
Alice Prin   France 22 January 1879 30 November 1953 Model, painter, writer Kiki's Memoirs
Sergei Prokofiev   Russia 27 April 1891 5 March 1953 Composer, conductor List of compositions by Sergei Prokofiev
Vsevolod Pudovkin   Russia 16 February 1893 30 June 1953 Film director, screenwriter
Roger Quilter   United Kingdom 1 November 1877 21 September 1953 Composer Arnold Book of Old Songs
Rachilde   France 11 February 1860 4 April 1953 Writer Monsieur Vénus
Graciliano Ramos   Brazil 27 October 1892 20 March 1953 Writer, translator Vidas secas
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings   United States 8 August 1896 14 December 1953 Author The Yearling
Django Reinhardt   France 23 January 1910 16 May 1953 Composer, musician
Winold Reiss   United States 16 September 1886 23 August 1953 Painter Winold Reiss industrial murals
Pasquale Rizzoli   Italy 9 April 1871 30 January 1953 Sculptor
Ludomir Różycki   Poland 18 September 1883 1 January 1953 Composer
Max Sainsaulieu   France 17 July 1870 21 February 1953 Architect Carnegie Library of Reims
Rudolph Schindler   United States 10 September 1887 22 August 1953 Architect Schindler House
Edward Shanks   United Kingdom 11 June 1892 4 May 1953 Writer Fête Galante
Everett Shinn   United States 6 November 1876 1 May 1953 Painter
Joseph Stalin   Russia 18 December 1879 5 March 1953 Politician Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR
Vladimir Tatlin   Russia 28 December 1885 31 May 1953 Painter, architect Tatlin's Tower
Neyzen Tevfik   Turkey 24 March 1879 28 January 1953 Poet, satirist
Jérôme Tharaud   France 18 May 1874 28 January 1953 Writer
Dylan Thomas   United Kingdom 27 October 1914 9 November 1953 Poet List of works by Dylan Thomas
Totius   South Africa 21 February 1877 1 July 1953 Poet
Julian Tuwim   Poland 13 September 1894 27 December 1953 Poet "Murzynek Bambo"
Jules Van Nuffel   Belgium 21 March 1883 25 June 1953 Composer In convertendo Dominus
Bernard Carra de Vaux   France 1867 1953 Orientalist
Vydūnas   Lithuania 22 March 1868 20 February 1953 Poet
Erich Weinert   Germany 4 August 1890 20 April 1953 Writer "Der heimliche Aufmarsch"
Ben Ames Williams   United States 7 March 1889 4 February 1953 Writer The Unconquered
Hank Williams   United States 17 September 1923 1 January 1953 Musician List of songs written by Hank Williams
Arthur Wimperis   United Kingdom 3 December 1874 14 October 1953 Lyricist, screenwriter The Arcadians, Mrs. Miniver
Friedrich Wolf   Germany 23 December 1888 5 October 1953 Writer Professor Mamlock
Xu Beihong   China 19 July 1895 26 September 1953 Painter
Vsevolod Zaderatsky   Russia 21 December 1891 1 February 1953 Composer
John Stepan Zamecnik   United States 14 May 1872 13 June 1953 Composer

United States

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Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1938, films released in 1938, and other works published in 1938 will enter the public ___domain in 2034.[5] Sound recordings published in 1933 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1963 will also enter the public ___domain.

Significant films entering the public ___domain in 2034 include Frank Capra's Best Picture Academy Award winner You Can't Take It with You starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn in the title role alongside Olivia de Havilland, Boys Town with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, Sergei Eisenstein's historical epic Alexander Nevsky, the musical film Alexander's Ragtime Band based around Irving Berlin's same-named song, Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes, William Wyler's Jezebel with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, David Butler's Kentucky with Loretta Young and Richard Greene, The Big Broadcast of 1938 with W. C. Fields and Bob Hope, the Laurel and Hardy comedy Block-Heads, Roy Rogers' debut film Under Western Stars, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first Technicolor feature film Sweethearts with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, Victor Fleming's Test Pilot, Irving Thalberg's last production Marie Antoinette, Marcel Carné's Port of Shadows, Leni Riefenstahl's documentary film Olympia, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Brave Little Tailor and Silly Symphony short Ferdinand the Bull, and the Looney Tunes cartoons Porky in Wackyland and Porky's Hare Hunt, the latter of which featured a rabbit antagonist who was a prototype of Bugs Bunny.

Among the literary works entering the public ___domain are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' The Yearling, Samuel Beckett's first completed novel Murphy, Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca, Eric Knight's Lassie Come Home, T.H. White's The Sword in the Stone, and Herge's Tintin story The Black Island in its original French black-and-white version. The first superhero comic Action Comics 1, which featured the first incarnations of DC Comics' Superman and Lois Lane, will enter the public ___domain in 2034; the same will also happen for the original incarnation of The Addams Family from their cartoons published in The New Yorker (where the family consisted of only Morticia, Pugsley, Grandmama, and butler Lurch, the last of whom was initially implied to be Morticia's husband and was thus a prototype of Gomez). The Franco-Belgian comic character Spirou will also become public ___domain in the United States in 2034.

Works of art that will enter the public ___domain include Marc Chagall's White Crucifixion, Salvador Dalí's Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, and Frida Kahlo's What the Water Gave Me.

Popular songs entering the public ___domain in 2034 include "My Reverie", "Thanks for the Memory", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Love Walked In", and "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby".

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References

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  1. ^ Law 194-3 of 11 August 1998
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "EUR-Lex – 32006L0116 – EN – EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Áreas de cultura: Propiedad Intelectual – Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. ^ Hirtle, Peter B. (3 January 2020). "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States". Cornell University Library Copyright Information Center. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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