2018 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 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, 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.

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
James Agate	United Kingdom	000000001877-09-09-00009 September 1877	000000001947-06-06-00006 June 1947	Writer
Joseph Barcroft	United Kingdom	000000001872-07-26-000026 July 1872	000000001947-03-21-000021 March 1947	Physiologist	The Respiratory Function of the Blood
J. D. Beresford	United Kingdom	000000001873-03-17-000017 March 1873	000000001947-02-01-00001 February 1947	Science fiction and horror author	The Hampdenshire Wonder
Augustin Bernard	France	000000001865-08-26-000026 August 1865	000000001947-12-29-000029 December 1947	Geographer	Les Confins algéro-marocains
Tristan Bernard	France	000000001866-09-07-00007 September 1866	000000001947-12-07-00007 December 1947	Playwright	Mémoires d'un jeune homme rangé
Jean-Richard Bloch	France	000000001884-05-25-000025 May 1884	000000001947-03-15-000015 March 1947	Writer
Luigi Bonelli	Italy	000000001865-09-20-000020 September 1865	000000001947-01-26-000026 January 1947	Orientalist	Lessico italiano-turco
Pierre Bonnard	France	000000001867-10-03-00003 October 1867	000000001947-01-23-000023 January 1947
Wolfgang Borchert	Germany	000000001921-05-20-000020 May 1921	000000001947-11-20-000020 November 1947	Playwright	Draußen vor der Tür
Óscar Castro Zúñiga	Chile	000000001910-03-29-000029 March 1910	000000001947-10-01-00001 October 1947	Writer	Llampo de Sangre, Camino en el alba, Comarca del jazmín
Willa Cather	United States	000000001873-12-07-00007 December 1873	000000001947-04-24-000024 April 1947	Writer	My Ántonia
Édouard Chatton	France	000000001883-10-11-000011 October 1883	000000001947-04-23-000023 April 1947	Biologist
Aleister Crowley	United Kingdom	000000001875-10-12-000012 October 1875	000000001947-12-01-00001 December 1947	Poet	List of works
Walter Donaldson	United States	000000001893-02-15-000015 February 1893	000000001947-07-15-000015 July 1947	Songwriter	Makin' Whoopee , Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Irving Fisher	United States	000000001867-02-27-000027 February 1867	000000001947-04-29-000029 April 1947	Economist	The Purchasing Power of Money
Desmond FitzGerald	Ireland	000000001888-02-13-000013 February 1888	000000001947-04-09-00009 April 1947	Architect
John Ulrich Giesy	United States	000000001877-08-06-00006 August 1877	000000001947-09-08-00008 September 1947	Writer, physician	Palos of the Dog Star Pack
Victor Goldschmidt	Norway	000000001888-01-27-000027 January 1888	000000001947-03-20-000020 March 1947	Mineralogist	Geochemische Verteilungsgesetze der Elemente
G. H. Hardy	United Kingdom	000000001877-02-07-00007 February 1877	000000001947-12-01-00001 December 1947	Mathematician	A Mathematician's Apology
George Chatterton-Hill	Ireland	1883	000000001947-01-12-000012 January 1947	Philosopher	Heredity and Selection in Sociology
Frederick Gowland Hopkins	United Kingdom	000000001861-06-20-000020 June 1861	000000001947-05-16-000016 May 1947	Biochemist	Feeding experiments illustrating the importance of accessory factors in normal dietaries
Albert Howard	United Kingdom	000000001873-12-08-00008 December 1873	000000001947-10-20-000020 October 1947	Botanist	An Agricultural Testament
Victor Horta	Belgium	000000001861-06-01-00001 June 1861	000000001947-08-09-00009 August 1947	Architect
Philipp Lenard	Germany	000000001862-06-07-00007 June 1862	000000001947-05-20-000020 May 1947	Physicist	Quantitative on cathode rays
Friedrich von Lerch	Austria	000000001878-05-30-000030 May 1878	000000001947-12-19-000019 December 1947	Physicist	Separation of radium C from radium E
Hugh Lofting	United Kingdom	000000001886-01-14-000014 January 1886	000000001947-09-26-000026 September 1947	Writer	Doctor Dolittle series
Manuel Machado	Spain	000000001874-08-29-000029 August 1874	000000001947-01-19-000019 January 1947	Poet y playwright	La Lola se va a los puertos
Arthur Machen	Wales	000000001863-03-03-00003 March 1863	000000001947-12-15-000015 December 1947	Fantasy and horror author	The Great God Pan, The Three Impostors, The Hill of Dreams, The White People
William Moulton Marston	United States	000000001893-05-09-00009 May 1893	000000001947-05-02-00002 May 1947	Psychologist, Inventor, Comic Book Writer	Wonder Woman, DISC assessment
Anatole de Monzie	France	000000001876-11-22-000022 November 1876	000000001947-01-11-000011 January 1947	Encyclopaedist	Grandeur et servitude judiciaires
Emma Orczy	United Kingdom	000000001865-09-23-000023 September 1865	000000001947-11-12-000012 November 1947	Novelist, Playwright	The Scarlet Pimpernel
Friedrich Paschen	Germany	000000001865-01-22-000022 January 1865	000000001947-02-25-000025 February 1947	Physicist	Ueber die zum Funkenübergang in Luft, Wasserstoff und Kohlensäure bei verschiedenen Drucken erforderliche Potentialdifferenz
R. I. Pocock	United Kingdom	000000001863-03-04-00004 March 1863	000000001947-08-09-00009 August 1947	Zoologist	The Fauna of British India
Johannes Schubert.	Austria	000000001859-06-11-000011 June 1859	000000001947-09-29-000029 September 1947	Physicist
Emil Schovánek	Czech Republic	000000001885-09-10-000010 September 1885	000000001947-07-11-000011 July 1947	Painter
M. P. Shiel	West Indies	000000001865-07-21-000021 July 1865	000000001947-02-17-000017 February 1947	Horror and science fiction author	The Purple Cloud, The Yellow Danger
Jim Tully	United States	000000001886-06-03-00003 June 1886	000000001947-06-22-000022 June 1947	Writer	Beggars of Life
Sidney Webb	United Kingdom	000000001859-07-13-000013 July 1859	000000001947-10-13-000013 October 1947
Alfred North Whitehead	United Kingdom	000000001861-02-15-000015 February 1861	000000001947-12-30-000030 December 1947	Mathematician	Process and Reality
Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman	Belgium	000000001866-10-19-000019 October 1866	000000001947-07-24-000024 July 1947	Botanist
Almroth Wright	United Kingdom	000000001861-08-10-000010 August 1861	000000001947-04-30-000030 April 1947	Bacteriologist	The Unexpurgated Case against Woman Suffrage
Eduard von Zambaur	Austria	000000001866-05-11-000011 May 1866	000000001947-10-10-000010 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	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Ciro Alegría	Peru	000000001909-11-09-00009 November 1909	000000001967-02-17-000017 February 1967	Journalist, novelist	El mundo es ancho y ajeno
Edward Hopper	United States	000000001882-07-22-000022 July 1882	000000001967-05-15-000015 May 1967	Painter	Nighthawks
Langston Hughes	United States	000000001902-02-01-00001 February 1902	000000001967-05-22-000022 May 1967	Writer	The Weary Blues
Zoltán Kodály	Hungary	000000001882-12-16-000016 December 1882	000000001967-03-06-00006 March 1967	Composer, philosopher, ethnomusicologist	Psalmus Hungaricus
John Masefield	United Kingdom	000000001878-06-01-00001 June 1878	000000001967-05-12-000012 May 1967	Poet, novelist	The Everlasting Mercy, Sea-Fever
Edgar Neville	Spain	000000001899-12-28-000028 December 1899	000000001967-04-23-000023 April 1967	playwright, film director
J. Robert Oppenheimer	United States	000000001904-04-22-000022 April 1904	000000001967-02-18-000018 February 1967	Physicist, professor
Elmer Rice	United States	000000001892-09-28-000028 September 1892	000000001967-05-08-00008 May 1967	playwright	The Adding Machine , Street Scene
José Martínez Ruiz	Spain	000000001873-06-08-00008 June 1873	000000001967-03-02-00002 March 1967	Novelist, essayist, literary critic	La ruta de Don Quijote, La voluntad, Antonio Azorín
Philippa Schuyler	United States	000000001931-08-02-00002 August 1931	000000001967-05-09-00009 May 1967	Journalist, pianist	Adventures in Black and White
Billy Strayhorn	United States	000000001915-11-29-000029 November 1915	000000001967-05-31-000031 May 1967	Composer, lyricist	Take the "A" Train , Lush Life
Jean Toomer	United States	000000001894-12-26-000026 December 1894	000000001967-03-30-000030 March 1967	Poet, novelist	Cane

Entering the public domain in 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). 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).

Entering the public domain in the United States

The Copyright Term Extension Act means no published works will enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019.^[3] Only unpublished works whose authors died in 1947 enter the public domain.

References

↑ "EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard". Billboard.biz. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
↑ Directive 2006/116/EC
↑ "Copyright and the Public Domain". Public Domain Information Project. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

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