2023 in public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that enter the public domain in 2023. 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 (Life + 50 years) and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that 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. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2023.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
Antonieta de Barros  Brazil 11 July 1901 28 March 1952 Journalist and teacher
Marjorie Bowen  United Kingdom 1 November 1885 23 December 1952 Author of historical romances, supernatural stories, popular history and biographies
Margaret Wise Brown  United States 23 May 1910 13 November 1952 Author of children's literature Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny and The Color Kittens
Jeffery Farnol  United Kingdom 10 February 1878 9 August 1952 Author of romance novels The Broad Highway and The Amateur Gentleman
Knut Hamsun  Norway 4 August 1859 19 February 1952 Novelist and poet Growth of the Soil, Hunger and Mysteries
H. J. Massingham  United Kingdom 25 March 1888 22 August 1952 Poet and writer on ruralism
Josephine Tey  United Kingdom 25 July 1896 13 February 1952 Author A Shilling for Candles, The Franchise Affair and The Daughter of Time

Entering the public domain in Spain

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2023.

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, Egypt and Uruguay; a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.

Names Country Birth Death Occupation Notable work
M. C. Escher  Netherlands 17 June 1898 27 March 1972 Artist
Ismail Yassin  Egypt 15 September 1912 24 May 1972 Musician monologues

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 will come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).[1]

Entering the public domain in the United States
See also: Public domain in the United States

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1927, films released in 1927, and other works published in 1927, will enter the public domain in 2023.[2] Sound recordings that were published in 1923 will enter the public domain.[3]

Unpublished works whose authors died in 1952 will enter the public domain.

Some of the published works that will enter the public domain include the first talkie, The Jazz Singer, and the first group of Laurel and Hardy team's films.

See also

References
  1. "How long does copyright last? | National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  3. 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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