[pd-discuss] Public Domain Day 2011 / Which works enter the PD in 2011?

[Jonathan Gray]

Hi all,

Just a quick note to get the ball rolling on preparations for Public
Domain Day 2011!

To start off with, it would be good to have a clear picture of which
works are going to be entering the public domain (in different
jurisdictions) in the coming year.

A rough guide is here:

http://publicdomainworks.net/stats/year/2011

I also cross referenced this with:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:1940_deaths
http://dbpedia.neofonie.de/browse/rdf-type:Person/deathDate-year~:1940~1940/

As far as I can see, it looks like 'notable' creators whose work will
be entering the public domain include:

  * F. Scott Fitzgerald
  * Paul Klee
  * Mikhail Bulgakov
  * John Buchan
  * Walter Benjamin
  * Nathanael West

To all of you copyright experts: does this seem accurate?

Here are a few more which I know less about but whom might be worth
investigating a bit more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Vuillard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Mac_Tu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Mir%C3%B3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Frederic_Benson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Markham

Any others to add?

Also, FYI, I have started working on a new website which will be
launched on Public Domain Day 2011. Some information is available at:

http://jonathangray.org/2010/10/17/introducing-the-public-domain-review/
http://publicdomainreview.okfn.org

All the best,

Jonathan

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