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- 17 de Dic, 2019
A bit late, but better late than never. As of January 1st, various books, movies, and music entered the public domain. In the United States, all books and movies from 1926 and all sound recordings from before 1923 so entered. In the European Union, works by authors who died in 1951, and in Canada works by authors who died in 1971 are now free of copyright.
Among the books now public domain in America are:
Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with one of the most famous twists in the genre.
Dorothy Sayers' Clouds of Witnesses, another mystery.
Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
Franz Kafka's The Castle (the first published version, heavily edited by his executor).
Lawrence of Arabia's The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Lord Dunsany's The Charwoman's Shadow
Lucy Montgomery's The Blue Castle, a book for adults from the author of Anne of Green Gables.
D. H. Lawrence's The Rocking Horse Winner, a sad short story.
A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh.
G. K. Chesterton's The Outline of Sanity, advocating his economic theory of Distributism
G. K. Chesterton's The Catholic Church and Conversion.
Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, as completed by Franco Alfano.
Winnie the Pooh is an interesting case, since only the original book and its illustrations are in the public domain now. The House at Pooh Corner (where Tigger was introduced) is still copyrighted, and so, of course, are all the Disney Pooh products. It remains to be seen how much Disney will attempt and succeed at blocking new Pooh books and merchandise on the grounds that they have trademarks on the bear and his friends (unlike copyright, trademarks can last forever, as long as a company is continually using them).
Also, Bambi, the original book, should probably have been in the public domain a while ago, but owing to various legal complications, it was unclear whether it actually was or was still under copyright until 2022. The issue is now moot, and the book is indisputably public domain.
Blog article with an advent calendar of more things entering the American public domain.
Another blog article on the potential future of Disney and non-Disney Winnie-the-Pooh.
Among the books now public domain in America are:
Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with one of the most famous twists in the genre.
Dorothy Sayers' Clouds of Witnesses, another mystery.
Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
Franz Kafka's The Castle (the first published version, heavily edited by his executor).
Lawrence of Arabia's The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Lord Dunsany's The Charwoman's Shadow
Lucy Montgomery's The Blue Castle, a book for adults from the author of Anne of Green Gables.
D. H. Lawrence's The Rocking Horse Winner, a sad short story.
A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh.
G. K. Chesterton's The Outline of Sanity, advocating his economic theory of Distributism
G. K. Chesterton's The Catholic Church and Conversion.
Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, as completed by Franco Alfano.
Winnie the Pooh is an interesting case, since only the original book and its illustrations are in the public domain now. The House at Pooh Corner (where Tigger was introduced) is still copyrighted, and so, of course, are all the Disney Pooh products. It remains to be seen how much Disney will attempt and succeed at blocking new Pooh books and merchandise on the grounds that they have trademarks on the bear and his friends (unlike copyright, trademarks can last forever, as long as a company is continually using them).
Also, Bambi, the original book, should probably have been in the public domain a while ago, but owing to various legal complications, it was unclear whether it actually was or was still under copyright until 2022. The issue is now moot, and the book is indisputably public domain.
Blog article with an advent calendar of more things entering the American public domain.
Another blog article on the potential future of Disney and non-Disney Winnie-the-Pooh.
