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

[Michael S. Hart]

I presume you all might know that it is quite likely that no copyright
will ever expire again in the United States since the 1998 Copyrights,
"The Mickey Mouse Copyright Act" were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court
and now it appears there will be extensions ad infinitum in spite of a
word "limited" defining copyright terms in the U.S. Constitution.


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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Jonathan Gray wrote:

> 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
>
>