![]() ![]() But 1925 was a long time ago-imagine if works from 1964 and earlier were “free as the air to common use”! Here’s what could have been. 1 Elsewhere on this site, we celebrate works from 1925 that will actually be entering the public domain in 2021, after a 95-year term. Under current copyright law, we’ll have to wait until 2060. Under those laws, works published in 1964 would enter the public domain on January 1, 2021. Prior to the 1976 Copyright Act (which became effective in 1978), the maximum copyright term was 56 years-an initial term of 28 years, renewable for another 28 years. King’s book Why We Can’t Wait, the children’s classics The Giving Tree, Harriet the Spy, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Rolling Stones’ debut album, The Beatles’ first major film, and more. . .Ĭurrent US law extends copyright for 70 years after the date of the author’s death, and corporate “works-for-hire” are copyrighted for 95 years after publication. The movies Goldfinger and Mary Poppins, Dr. What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2021? Under the law that existed until 1978. ![]()
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