2025 in public domain

{{Short description|Overview of works entering public domain}}

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of works is not uniform. The following lists list creators whose works entered the public domain in 2025 under the most common copyright regimes.

Countries with life + 80 years

{{See also|2015_in_public_domain#Entering_the_public_domain_in_Europe|label 1=Works that entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years in 2015}}

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987. In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Joaquín Álvarez Quintero

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1873|01|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|06|14|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

|

Miguel Asín Palacios

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1871|07|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|08|12|format=dmy}}

| Scholar

| El Islam cristianizado

Manuel Chaves Nogales

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1879|08|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|05|08|format=dmy}}

| Writer, journalist

| Juan Belmonte, matador de toros; su vida y sus hazañas

Enrique Díez Canedo

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1879|01|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|06|06|format=dmy}}

| Poet

|

Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1876|02|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|08|03|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Milicia y Diplomacia: Diarios Del Conde de Jordana, 1936–1944

Elías Mauricio Soto Uribe

| {{flag|Colombia}}

| {{dts|1858|09|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|10|11|format=dmy}}

| Instrumentalist

|

Antonio Videgain

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1869|03|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|02|09|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Countries with life + 70 years

{{See also|2005 in public domain#Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years|label 1=Works that entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2005}}

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.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Alexander Abasheli

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1884|08|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|09|27|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| {{interlanguage link|A Woman in the Mirror|ka|ქალი სარკეში}}

Sait Faik Abasıyanık

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| {{dts|1906|11|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|11|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Semaver

Ahmed Agdamski

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1884|01|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|01|format=dmy}}

| Singer

| If Not That One, Then This One

Franco Alfano

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1875|3|8|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|10|27|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| List of operas by Franco Alfano

Juan Álvarez

| {{flag|Argentina}}

| {{dts|1878|09|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|08|format=dmy}}

| Historian

| Essay on the history of Santa Fe

Maximiano Alves

| {{flag|Portugal}}

| {{dts|1888|08|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|22|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| Selected works

Ahmad Amin

| {{flag|Egypt}}

| {{dts|1886|10|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|30|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Dawn of Islam

Martin Andersen Nexø

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| {{dts|1869|06|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|06|01|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Pelle the Conqueror

Oswald de Andrade

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1890|01|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|10|22|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Manifesto Antropófago

Bruno Angoletta

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1889|09|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|07|format=dmy}}

| Cartoonist

| Marmittone

Peter van Anrooy

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| {{dts|1879|10|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|31|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Piet Hein Rhapsodie voor symfonieorkest

John L. Balderston

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1889|10|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|08|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

| Berkeley Square, Dracula

Lionel Barrymore

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1878|04|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|15|format=dmy}}

| Actor, film director

| Lionel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio

Constantin Beldie

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1887|09|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|06|11|format=dmy}}

| Journalist, writer

| Gloss on the Bookish Spirit

Jacinto Benavente

| {{flag|Spain}}

| {{dts|1866|08|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|14|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Unloved Woman

Frans G. Bengtsson

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| {{dts|1894|10|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|19|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Long Ships

Maxwell Bodenheim

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1892|05|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|02|06|format=dmy}}

| novelist, poet, memoirist, journalist.

| My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village

Hakon Børresen

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| {{dts|1876|06|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|10|06|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Den Kongelige Gæst

Vitaliano Brancati

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1907|07|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|09|25|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Don Giovanni in Sicilia

{{interlanguage link|Roman Bratkowski|uk|Братковський Роман}}

| {{flag|Ukraine}}/{{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1869|09|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|09|05|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Pejzaż zimowy

Walter Braunfels

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1882|12|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|19|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Die Vögel

Pauline Brunius

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| {{dts|1881|10|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|30|format=dmy}}

| Actress, film director

| False Greta

Claude Cahun

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1894|10|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|08|format=dmy}}

| Photographer, writer

| Disavowals or Cancelled Confessions

Robert Capa

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1913|10|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|25|format=dmy}}

| Photographer

| The Falling Soldier

| {{interlanguage link|Enrico Cavacchioli|it}}

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1885|03|15|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1954|01|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|{{ill|List of works by Enrico Cavacchioli|it|Enrico Cavacchioli#Opere}}

Papa Celestin

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1884|01|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|15|format=dmy}}

| Musician

| Papa Celestin's Golden Wedding

E. K. Chambers

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1866|03|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|21|format=dmy}}

| Literary scholar

| The Elizabethan Stage

{{interlanguage link|Dmytro Chornovil|uk|Чорновіл Дмитро Семенович}}

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1902|11|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|08|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| {{interlanguage link|State Academic Music Drama Theatre in Vinnytsia|uk|Вінницький обласний академічний український музично-драматичний театр імені Миколи Садовського}}

Eugen Coca

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1893|04|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|09|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Maria's Fortune

Colette

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1873|01|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|08|03|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Gigi

Julian Coolidge

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1873|09|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|05|format=dmy}}

| Mathematician

| A Treatise on the Circle and the Sphere

Duff Cooper

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1890|02|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|01|format=dmy}}

| Politician, historian

| Old Men Forget

Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha

| {{flag|Portugal}}

| {{dts|1869|10|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|23|format=dmy}}

| Socialite

| Doida, Não!

Stig Dagerman

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| {{dts|1923|10|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer, journalist

| A Burnt Child

Jibanananda Das

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1899|02|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|10|22|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Banalata Sen

Ludovic Dauș

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1873|10|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|17|format=dmy}}

| Writer, translator

| Unto Death

Russell Davenport

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1899

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|19|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| My Country, A Poem of America

Alcide De Gasperi

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1881|04|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|08|19|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Nella lotta per la democrazia

{{interlanguage link|Danylo Demutskyi|uk|Демуцький Данило Порфирович}}

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1893|07|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|07|format=dmy}}

| Photographer, camera operator

| Earth

André Derain

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1880|06|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|09|08|format=dmy}}

| Painter, sculptor

| Mountains at Collioure

Leonard Eugene Dickson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1874|01|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|17|format=dmy}}

| Mathematician, writer

| History of the Theory of Numbers

Nadiya Dobrovolska-Zavadska

| {{flag|Russian Empire}}/{{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1878|09|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|10|31|format=dmy}}

| Geneticist

| Sur la mortification spontanée de la queue chez la souris nouveau-née et sur l'existence d'un caractère (facteur) héréditaire "non-viable"

Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1872|06|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|27|format=dmy}}

| Geophysicist

| Historia naturalna lodu

{{interlanguage link|Oles Donchenko|uk|Донченко Олесь Васильович}}

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1902|08|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|12|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Star Fortress

Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin

| {{flag|Ireland}}/{{flag|South Africa}}

| {{dts|1874|05|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|08|25|format=dmy}}

| Photographer

|

Carl Eldh

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| {{dts|1873|05|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|26|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| The Branting Monument

Enrico Fermi

| {{flag|Italy}}/{{flag|USA}}

| {{dts|1901|09|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|28|format=dmy}}

| Physicist

| Publications

Arthur Fickenscher

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1885|03|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|15|format=dmy}}

| Composer and academic

| Willowwood

Bud Fisher

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1885|04|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|09|07|format=dmy}}

| Cartoonist

| Mutt and Jeff

{{ill|Constantin Font|fr}}

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1890|01|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|25|format=dmy}}

| Painter

|

Miles Franklin

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1879|10|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|09|19|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| My Brilliant Career

Wilhelm Furtwängler

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1886|01|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|30|format=dmy}}

| Conductor, composer

| Symphony No. 2

Jacques Gachot

| {{flag|Germany}}/{{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1885|01|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|15|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Paintings by Jacques Gachot

Nina Genke-Meller

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1893|03|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|08|25|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Suprematist Composition

E. Ray Goetz

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1886|06|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|06|12|format=dmy}}

| Composer, lyricist

| "For Me and My Gal"

Lil Green

|{{flag|United States}}

|22 December 1901

|14 April 1954

|Singer, songwriter

|"Why Don't You Do Right?", "Romance in the Dark"

W. J. Gruffydd

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1881|02|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|09|29|format=dmy}}

| Writer, scholar

| Lyrics

Heinz Guderian

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1888|06|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|14|format=dmy}}

| Military officer, writer

| Achtung – Panzer!, Panzer Leader

Niqula Haddad

| {{flag|Lebanon}}

| 1878

| 1954

| Writer

|

Thea von Harbou

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1888|12|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|01|format=dmy}}

| Writer, film director

| List of works by Thea von Harbou

Jack Harvey

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1881|09|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|09|format=dmy}}

| Film director

| A Dog's Love

Ferenc Herczeg

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1863|09|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|02|24|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| A Gyurkovics-lányok

James Hilton

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1900|09|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|20|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Lost Horizon

Ludwik Hirszfeld

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1884|08|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|07|format=dmy}}

| Microbiologist

| Über Vererbung gruppenspezifischer Strukturen des Blutes

Earnest Hooton

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1887|11|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|03|format=dmy}}

| Anthropologist, cartoonist

| Up From The Ape

{{interlanguage link|Ostap Hrytsai|uk|Остап Грицай}}

| {{flag|Ukraine}}/{{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1881|11|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|07|format=dmy}}

| Writer, translator

| The Escape of Oleksa Perkhun

Raymond Hubbell

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1879|06|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|13|format=dmy}}

| Composer, lyricist

| "Poor Butterfly"

Ivan Ilyin

| {{flag|Russian Empire}}/{{flag|Switzerland}}

| {{dts|1883|04|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|21|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

| {{interlanguage link|Resistance to Evil By Force|ru|О сопротивлении злу силою}}

Charles Ives

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1874|10|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|19|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| List of compositions by Charles Ives

Ayaz İshaki

| {{flag|Russian Empire}}/{{flag|Turkey}}

| {{dts|1878|02|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|22|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| {{interlanguage link|Mullah's Wife|tt|Остазбикә (әсәр)}}

Norbert Jacques

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1880|06|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|15|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Dr. Mabuse

Hans Janowitz

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1890|12|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|25|format=dmy}}

| Screenwriter

| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Arthur Johnston

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1898|01|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|01|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| "Cocktails for Two", "Pennies from Heaven"

Frida Kahlo

| {{flag|Mexico}}

| {{dts|1907|07|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|13|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| List of paintings by Frida Kahlo

Mikhas Klimkovich

| {{flag|Belarus}}

| {{dts|1899|11|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|05|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| "My Belarusy"

Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius

| {{flag|Lithuania}}

| {{dts|1882|10|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|17|format=dmy}}

| Writer, politician

| Skirgaila

Kalki Krishnamurthy

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1899|09|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|05|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Ponniyin Selvan

{{interlanguage link|Zygmunt Kurczyński|pl}}

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1886|04|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|11|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| Grave of Tadeusz Rutowski

Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1874|09|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|20|format=dmy}}

| Political theorist

| Ostara

Henri Laurens

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1885|02|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|05|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| L'Amphion

Alphonse Laverrière

| {{flag|Switzerland}}

| {{dts|1872|05|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|11|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery

Édouard Le Roy

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1870|06|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|10|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher, mathematician

| Les Origines humaines et l'évolution de l'intelligence

Alain LeRoy Locke

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1885|09|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|06|09|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The New Negro

Pyotr Leshchenko

| {{flag|Russian Empire}}/{{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1898|06|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|16|format=dmy}}

| Singer

| Heart

Achille Longo

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1900|03|28|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1954|05|28|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|Compositions

Gino Loria

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1862|05|19|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1954|01|30|format=dmy}}

| Mathematician

|Books

Auguste Lumière

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1862|10|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|10|format=dmy}}

| Film director

| Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

Wincenty Lutosławski

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1863|06|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|28|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

| The Polish Nation

Jan Maklakiewicz

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1899|11|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|02|08|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Cagliostro in Warsaw

{{interlanguage link|Ivan Malozyomov|uk|Малозьомов Іван Іванович}}

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1899|10|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|19|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Interiors of Derzhprom

William March

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1893|09|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|15|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Company K

Henri Matisse

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1869|12|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|03|format=dmy}}

| Painter, sculptor

| List of works by Henri Matisse

Joe May

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1880|11|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|29|format=dmy}}

| Film director

| Stuart Webbs

George McManus

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1884|01|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|10|22|format=dmy}}

| Cartoonist

| Bringing Up Father

Emilis Melngailis

| {{flag|Latvia}}/{{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1874|02|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|10|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Maija (Turaidas roze)

Mihri Müşfik Hanım

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| {{dts|1886|02|26|format=dmy}}

| 1954

| Painter

|

Zofia Nałkowska

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1884|11|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|17|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Medallions

Herms Niel

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1888|04|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|16|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| "Erika"

Aleksandr Orlov

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1880|04|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|28|format=dmy}}

| Astronomer

| Selected works in 3 volumes

Yukio Ozaki

| {{flag|Japan}}

| {{dts|1858|12|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|10|06|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan

Auguste Perret

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1874|02|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|02|25|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Washington Phillips

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1880|01|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|09|20|format=dmy}}

| Singer

| List of songs recorded by Washington Phillips

Dimitrie Pompeiu

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1873|10|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|10|08|format=dmy}}

| Mathematician

| Sur la continuité des fonctions de variables complexes

Fred Raymond

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1900|04|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|10|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| "I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg", Maske in Blau

{{interlanguage link|Yuri Repin|fr|Iouri Repine}}

| {{flag|Russian Empire}}/{{flag|Finland}}

| {{dts|1877|04|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|08|09|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Tyurenchen. Eternal life in a glorious death

Grantland Rice

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1880|11|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|13|format=dmy}}

| Sportswriter

| Songs of the Stalwart

Fred Rose

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1898|08|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|01|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

| "Be Honest with Me"

Leon Schiller

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1887|03|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|25|format=dmy}}

| Screenwriter

| {{interlanguage link|Pastorale (play)|pl|Pastorałka (misterium)}}

{{interlanguage link|Dmytro Sheludko|de|Dimitri Scheludko}}

| {{flag|Ukraine}}/{{flag|Bulgaria}}

| {{dts|1892|09|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|08|05|format=dmy}}

| Diplomat, literary scientist

| Zur Geschichte des Natureinganges bei den Trobadors

C. Fox Smith

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1882|02|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|04|08|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| All the Way Round: Sea Roads to Africa

Oscar Straus

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1870|03|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|11|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Ein Walzertraum

Ionel Teodoreanu

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1897|01|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|02|03|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| La Medeleni

Lucien Tesnière

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1893|05|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|12|06|format=dmy}}

| Linguist

| Elements of Structural Syntax

Jan Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz

| {{flag|Ukraine}}/{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1885|06|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|18|format=dmy}}

| Diplomat, heraldist

| Diariy Getmana Pylypa Orlika

Alan Turing

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1912|06|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|06|07|format=dmy}}

| Mathematician

| Turing's proof

William Van Alen

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1883|08|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|05|24|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Chrysler Building

Getúlio Vargas

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1882|04|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|08|24|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Carta Testamento

Dziga Vertov

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1896|01|02|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|02|12|format=dmy}}

| Film director

| Man with a Movie Camera

{{ill|Adrien Voisard-Margerie|fr}}

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1867|04|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|07|20|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| Taureaux à l'abreuvoir

{{interlanguage link|Mykhailo Vozniak|de|Mychajlo Wosnjak}}

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1881|10|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|11|20|format=dmy}}

| Literary scholar

| History of Ukrainian literature

Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1882|10|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|06|14|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Oberst Chabert

Clara Westhoff

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1878|09|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|09|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| Bust of Paula Modersohn-Becker

Eduard Wiiralt

| {{flag|Estonia}}

| {{dts|1898|03|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|08|format=dmy}}

| Graphic artist

| Hell

Chester Wilmot

| {{flag|Australia}}

| {{dts|1911|06|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|01|10|format=dmy}}

| War Correspondent

| The Struggle for Europe

Hella Wuolijoki

| {{flag|Finland}}

| {{dts|1886|07|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|02|02|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Entäs nyt, Niskavuori?

{{interlanguage link|Yuriy Yanovskyi|de|Jurij Janowskyj}}

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1902|08|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|02|25|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| {{interlanguage link|The Horseriders|uk|Вершники (роман)}}

Francis Brett Young

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1884|06|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1954|03|28|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| List of novels of Francis Brett Young

Zhang Shichuan

| {{flag|China}}

| 1890

| 1954

| Film director

| Laborer's Love

Countries with life + 60 years

{{see also|2025 in Indian public domain}}

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

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Dr. Atl

| {{flag|Mexico}}

| {{dts|1875|10|3|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1964|08|15|format=dmy}}

| Painter, writer

|

Fernando Leal

| {{flag|Mexico}}

| {{dts|1896|2|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1964|10|7|format=dmy}}

| Painter, muralist, lithographer, engraver

|

Bharathidasan

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1891|04|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1964|04|21|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| "Tamil Thai Valthu"

Birinchi Kumar Barua

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1908|10|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1964|03|30|format=dmy}}

| Scholar, writer

|

Carlos Brandt

| {{flag|Venezuela}}

| {{dts|1875|10|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1964|02|27|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Guru Dutt

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1925|07|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1964|10|10|format=dmy}}

| Film director

| Pyaasa

Mushtaq Hussain Khan

| {{flag|India}}

| 1878

| {{dts|1964|08|13|format=dmy}}

| Musician

|

Jawaharlal Nehru

| {{flag|India}}

| {{dts|1889|11|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1964|05|27|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| An Autobiography

Countries with life + 50 years

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia and New Zealand, a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Jean Absil

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{dts|1893|10|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|02|02|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Gilbert Archey

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1890|08|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|10|20|format=dmy}}

| Zoologist

| The Moa, a Study of the Dinornithiformes

Miguel Ángel Asturias

| {{flag|Guatemala}}

|{{dts|1899|10|19|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1974|06|09|format=dmy}}

| Poet-diplomat

| El Señor Presidente

Farid al-Atrash

| {{flag|Egypt}}

| 1917

| {{dts|1974|12|26|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Kurt Atterberg

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| {{dts|1887|12|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|02|15|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Compositions

H. E. Bates

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1905|05|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|01|29|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Darling Buds of May

Erick Berry

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1892|01|04|format=dmy}}

| February 1974

| Writer

| The Winged Girl of Knossos

Bobby Bloom

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1946|01|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|02|28|format=dmy}}

| Singer-songwriter

| "Montego Bay"

Hector Bolitho

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1897|05|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|09|12|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Albert the Good and the Victorian Reign

Buddhadeb Bosu

| {{flag|Bangladesh}}

| 1908

| 1974

| Writer

|

Rosario Castellanos

| {{flag|Mexico}}

| {{dts|1925|05|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|08|07|format=dmy}}

| Poet, novelist

| The Nine Guardians

Nellie Coad

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1883|10|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|09|06|format=dmy}}

| Teacher, writer

|

Phillis Emily Cunnington

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1887|11|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|10|24|format=dmy}}

| Physician, historian

| Handbook of English Mediaeval Costume

Maurice Duggan

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1922|11|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|12|11|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Summer in the Gravel Pit

Duke Ellington

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1899|04|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|05|24|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Duke Ellington discography

Julius Evola

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1898|05|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|06|11|format=dmy}}

| Philosopher

| Revolt Against the Modern World

Allal al-Fassi

| {{flag|Morocco}}

|{{dts|1910|01|10|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1974|05|13|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Independence Movements in Arab North Africa

Dorothy Fields

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1904|07|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|03|28|format=dmy}}

| Film lyricist

| "The Way You Look Tonight"

Louise Fitzhugh

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1928|10|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|11|19|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Harriet the Spy

Georgette Heyer

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1902|08|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|07|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| List of works by Georgette Heyer

Ali Ismael

| {{flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|1922|12|28|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1974|06|16|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Fida'i

Marie Luise Kaschnitz

| {{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|1901|01|31|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1974|10|10|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Menschen und Dinge 1945

Erich Kästner

| {{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|1899|02|23|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1974|07|29|format=dmy}}

| Poet, screenwriter

| Emil and the Detectives

Muhammad Ayub Khan

| {{flag|Pakistan}}

|{{dts|1907|05|14|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1974|04|19|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| Books

Pär Lagerkvist

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| {{dts|1891|05|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|07|11|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Barabbas

Eve Langley

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1904|09|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|06|01|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Pea-Pickers

Charles Lindbergh

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1902|02|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|08|26|format=dmy}}

| Aviator, writer

| "WE", The Spirit of St. Louis

Eric Linklater

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1899|03|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|11|07|format=dmy}}

| Writer, poet

| The Wind on the Moon

Walter Lippmann

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1889|09|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|12|14|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Public Opinion

Margaret MacPherson

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1895|06|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|09|14|format=dmy}}

| Writer, journalist

| A Symposium Against War

P. Schuyler Miller

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1912|02|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|10|13|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Henry de Monfreid

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1879|11|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|12|13|format=dmy}}

| Adventurer, writer

| Secrets of the Red Sea

Stanley Mullen

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1911|06|20|format=dmy}}

| 1974

| Artist, writer

| Kinsmen of the Dragon

Leslie Munro

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1901|02|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|02|13|format=dmy}}

| Politician, writer

| United Nations: hope for a divided world

Douglas Robb

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| 1899

| 1974

| Physician, writer

| Medical Odyssey

David Alfaro Siqueiros

| {{flag|Mexico}}

| {{dts|1896|12|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|01|06|format=dmy}}

| Painter, muralist

| Portrait of the Bourgeoisie (1939–1940), The March of Humanity (1957–1971)

William Sloane

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1906|08|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|09|25|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| To Walk the Night

Zaharia Stancu

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1902|10|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|12|05|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Through the Ashes of the Empire

Sheila Stuart

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| 1892

| 1974

| Writer

| Alison's Highland Holiday

Jacqueline Susann

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1918|08|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|09|21|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Valley of the Dolls

Sándor Szathmári

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1897|06|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|07|16|format=dmy}}

| Writer, mechanical engineer

| Kazohinia

Whanki Kim

| {{flag|South Korea}}

| {{dts|1913|04|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|07|25|format=dmy}}

| Painter

| What Form, Shall We Meet Again? (어디서 무엇이 되어 다시 만나랴)

Robert Charles Zaehner

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1913|04|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1974|11|24|format=dmy}}

| Scholar

| Zurvan, Mysticism, Our Savage God

Russia

{{See also|Copyright law of Russia}}

Russia has a copyright term of life + 70 years in general, with two special provisions:

  • extra 4 years for those who fought in or worked during the so-called Great Patriotic War in 1941–1945, and/or
  • copyright term starting from the date of rehabilitation for unlawfully prosecuted and posthumously rehabilitated.

1954 marks the first large wave of posthumous rehabilitations.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Pavel Bazhov

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1879|01|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|03|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Malachite Box

Yustin Djanelidze

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1883|08|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|01|14|format=dmy}}

| Doctor

| A case of the repair of an injury of the ascending aorta

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1887|02|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|12|28|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The New Gulliver

Andrey Kryachkov

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1876|11|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|08|25|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| 100-Flat Building

Nikolai Luzin

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1883|12|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|02|28|format=dmy}}

| Mathematician

| Lusin's theorem

Nikolai Myaskovsky

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1881|04|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|08|08|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| List of compositions by Nikolai Myaskovsky

Antonina Nezhdanova

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1873|06|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|06|26|format=dmy}}

| Singer

| Vocalise

{{interlanguage link|Vladimir Sorin|de|Wladimir Gordejewitsch Sorin}}

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1893}}

| {{dts|1944|10|format=dmy}}

| Historian

| Lenin in the Brest days

Viktor Vesnin

| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| {{dts|1882|04|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1950|09|17|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Palace of Culture of the Proletarsky district, Moscow

Australia and Canada

{{See also|Copyright law of Australia|Copyright law of Canada}}

In 2004 copyright in Australia changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with the United States and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which brought some (British and possibly other) 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 would come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).{{cite web |title=How long does copyright last? |url=https://www.library.gov.au/research/access-collection/copyright-library-collections/how-long-does-copyright-last |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220023947/https://www.library.gov.au/research/access-collection/copyright-library-collections/how-long-does-copyright-last |url-status=live }}

Similarly, Canada amended its Copyright Act in 2022 from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, coming into force on December 30, 2022, but does not revive expired copyright.{{cite web |url=https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-19/royal-assent |title=An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures |author= |date=2022-06-23 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=2022-11-28 |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101194325/https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-19/royal-assent |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.php?attach=42842 |title=PC Number: 2022-1219 |author= |date=2022-11-17 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=2022-11-28 |archive-date=2022-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128095404/https://orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.php?attach=42842 |url-status=live }} No more new Canadian authors will come out of copyright until 1 January 2043 (those who died in 1972). Crown copyright was not changed, thus any government works published in 1974 entered the public domain in 2025.{{cite web |title=Crown Copyright - FAQ |url=https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/copyright-droits-FAQ-eng.htm |website=Government of Canada |publisher=www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca |access-date=13 March 2024 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207120516/https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/copyright-droits-FAQ-eng.htm |url-status=live }}

United States

{{See also|Public domain in the United States}}

File:Duke Law - Public Domain Day 2025 Preview.webm

File:Tintin and Snowy from Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1929).jpg (seen here with his dog Snowy) was among the characters who entered the public domain in the United States in 2025.]]

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books and other works published in 1929 and films released in 1929 entered the public domain in 2025.{{cite web |title=Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States |publisher=Cornell University Library Copyright Information Center |last=Hirtle |first=Peter B. |url=https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain |date=3 January 2020 |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911204703/https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Copyright and the Public Domain |publisher=Public Domain Information Project |url=http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php |access-date=2019-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801121535/http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php |archive-date=2014-08-01 |url-status=dead }} Sound recordings that were published in 1924 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1954 also entered the public domain. The character Captain Easy, Popeye the Sailor Man, Disney's Horace Horsecollar, and Hergé's Tintin entered the public domain through their respective debut appearances in 2025.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-26 |title=Eat Your Spinach with a Side of Public Domain |url=https://www.harriscountylawlibrary.org/ex-libris-juris/2021/3/26/eat-your-spinach-with-a-side-of-public-domain |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326183536/https://www.harriscountylawlibrary.org/ex-libris-juris/2021/3/26/eat-your-spinach-with-a-side-of-public-domain |archive-date=2021-03-26 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library |language=en-US}}{{Efn|Tintin was not published in the United States until 1959; therefore, the American localization of his character will remain under copyright until 2055.}} The same happened for the first Tarzan strips illustrated by Hal Foster{{Cite web |date=2023-12-19 |title=Public Domain: Mickey and More in '24 - The Daily Cartoonist |url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/19/public-domain-mickey-and-more-in-24/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.dailycartoonist.com |language=en-US}} and for the character Buck Rogers, whose first comic strips also appeared in U.S. newspapers in 1929.

Notable musical works entering the public domain include George Gershwin's composition An American in Paris and the first recordings of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Among the popular songs that entered the public domain in 2025 are "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Can't We Be Friends?", "Honeysuckle Rose", "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan", "Just You, Just Me", "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)", "More Than You Know", "Singin' in the Rain", "Stardust" (the 1929 version with words by Mitchell Parish), "What Is This Thing Called Love?", "With a Song in My Heart", and "Without a Song".

File:The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont, 1929).webm, MGM's first musical film and the winner of the second Academy Award for Best Picture, entered the public domain in 2025]]

Among the films that entered public domain in 2025 are the following:

File:A Farewell to Arms (1929) cover.jpg by Ernest Hemingway]]

Examples of important literary works entering the public domain include Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms, William Seabrook's novel The Magic Island (the first book to introduce the concept of a zombie). Ellery Queen's detective novel The Roman Hat Mystery, Margery Allingham's detective novel The Crime at Black Dudley, the first English translation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Alfred Döblin's novel Berlin Alexanderplatz in its original German, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novel Pather Panchali in its original Bengali, Lynd Ward's wordless novel Gods' Man, William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury, Dashiell Hammett's novel Red Harvest, Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel Tarzan and the Lost Empire, Ruth Plumly Thompson's novel Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, Bertrand Russell's book Marriage and Morals, Patrick Hamilton's play Rope, A. A. Milne's play Toad of Toad Hall, Virginia Woolf's essay A Room of One's Own, Ludwig Wittgenstein's essay Some Remarks on Logical Form and the first part of the 14th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica (full in public domain by 2029).

Important artworks entering the public domain include Salvador Dalí's paintings The Great Masturbator and The Accommodations of Desire, Wassily Kandinsky's painting Upward, Edward Hopper's painting Chop Suey, Kawamura Kiyoo's painting Founding of the Nation, Julio Romero de Torres' painting La Fuensanta, M. C. Escher's print Strada di Scanno, the first design of the Barcelona chair and August Sander's photograph Berlin Coal Carrier and other photographs from his 1929 photobook Face of our Time. The public domain status of René Magritte's painting The Treachery of Images is contentious.{{Update inline|date=January 2025}}{{Cite web |url=https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/#ftnref6 |title=Public Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of Law |access-date=2025-01-03 |archive-date=2025-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102101230/https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/#ftnref6 |url-status=live }}

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