2034 in public domain

{{See also|2014 in public domain#Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years|label 1=Creators whose works entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2014}}

Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years)[https://archive.today/20050321142536/http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/by/by003en.html Law 194-3 of 11 August 1998] and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story |title=EU Extends Copyright Term To 70 Years | Billboard |publisher=Billboard.biz |date=2011-09-12 |accessdate=2014-01-07 |archive-date=2013-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106035644/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/eu-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years-1005348552.story |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32006L0116|title=EUR-Lex – 32006L0116 – EN – EUR-Lex|author=|date=|website=eur-lex.europa.eu|accessdate=7 January 2019}} In addition, several other countries have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.

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

{{See also|2024_in_public_domain#Entering_the_public_domain_in_countries_with_life_+_70_years|label 1=Works that entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years in 2024}}

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcu.es/propiedadInt/docs/RDLegislativo_1_1996.pdf|title=Áreas de cultura: Propiedad Intelectual – Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte|access-date=1 February 2017|archive-date=28 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328175038/http://www.mcu.es/propiedadInt/docs/RDLegislativo_1_1996.pdf|url-status=live}} In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1938, films released in 1938, and other works published in 1938 will enter the public domain in 2034.{{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 |accessdate=17 December 2020}} Sound recordings published in 1933 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1963 will also enter the public domain.

Significant films entering the public domain in 2034 include Frank Capra's Best Picture Academy Award winner You Can't Take It with You starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn in the title role alongside Olivia de Havilland, Boys Town with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, the musical film Alexander's Ragtime Band based around Irving Berlin's same-named song, Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes, William Wyler's Jezebel with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, David Butler's Kentucky with Loretta Young and Richard Greene, The Big Broadcast of 1938 with W. C. Fields and Bob Hope, the Laurel and Hardy comedy Block-Heads, Roy Rogers' debut film Under Western Stars, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first Technicolor feature film Sweethearts with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, Victor Fleming's Test Pilot, Irving Thalberg's last production Marie Antoinette, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Brave Little Tailor and Silly Symphony short Ferdinand the Bull, and the Looney Tunes cartoons Porky in Wackyland and Porky's Hare Hunt, the latter of which featured a rabbit antagonist who was a prototype of Bugs Bunny.

Among the literary works entering the public domain are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' The Yearling, Samuel Beckett's first completed novel Murphy, Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca, Eric Knight's Lassie Come Home, T.H. White's The Sword in the Stone, and Herge's Tintin story The Black Island in its original French black-and-white version. The first superhero comic Action Comics 1, which featured the first incarnations of DC Comics' Superman and Lois Lane, will enter the public domain in 2034; the same will also happen for the original incarnation of The Addams Family from their cartoons published in The New Yorker (where the family consisted of only Morticia, Pugsley, Grandmama, and butler Lurch, the last of whom was initially implied to be Morticia's husband and was thus a prototype of Gomez). The Franco-Belgian comic character Spirou will also become public domain in the United States in 2034.

• List of American films of 1938
• 1938 in literature
• 1938 in music
• 1963 in literature and 1983 in literature for deaths of writers
• Public Domain Day
• Creative Commons

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• [https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1938 Popular Books of 1938] at Goodreads

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