When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2033 under the most common copyright regimes, assuming no further extensions to copyright terms become law in the interim.
Countries with life + 70 years
Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years) 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. In addition, several other countries have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.
NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva Poet Karen Blixen Author Works Paul David Devanandan Theologian Hanns Eisler Composer Auferstanden aus Ruinen William Faulkner Writer Bibliography Mary Gilmore Writer, journalist Bibliography Hermann Hesse Poet, novelist Books Hu Shih Academic, writer, and politician A. K. Fazlul Huq Politician, writer Vilayat Hussain Khan 1962 Singer, composer M. Visvesvaraya Civil engineer
Countries with life + 60 years
In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.
NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work Fatin Abdel Wahab Film director Fernando Amorsolo Painter James K. Baxter Writer Beyond the Palisade Gabriel Cusson Composer Laurence Bradford Dakin 1972 Writer Dulcie Deamer Writer Eileen Duggan Poet, journalist Huguette Gaulin Writer Chang Hsin-hai Writer Yasunari Kawabata Writer Snow Country, The Master of Go, The Dancing Girl of Izu, The Old Capital John T. Kenney Illustrator The Railway Series A. M. Klein Poet The Second Scroll Norman L. Knight SF author A Torrent of Faces Laurence Manning Writer The Man Who Awoke Liang Sicheng Architect Edward McCourt Writer Watchman Nee Church leader The Normal Christian Life Ronald Hugh Morrieson Writer Came A Hot Friday, The Scarecrow John Pascoe Mountaineer, writer Unclimbed New Zealand John Reid Writer, academic Bertrand William Sinclair Writer The Inverted Pyramid Kamel el-Telmissany Film director Ramón Valera Fashion designer Ismail Yassin Actor
Countries with life + 50 years
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.
NamesCountryDeathOccupationNotable work Louis Aragon Poet Bibliography Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Novelist, producer, director, artist Published works Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Writer Bibliography Ayn Rand Poet Selected works
Countries with life + 80 years
Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988. In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.