Talk:2020 in public domain

Canada copyright term.
For now, Canada is still Life + 50. I'm aware of the NAFTA proposal to change it to Life + 70, but since nothing has been agreed to yet, and if they agree to it and pass it into law, there isn't enough information on how such a change would be implimented, so for now, let's leave things as they are. Abzeronow (talk) 05:45, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Towards a better methodology
Yo, dudes, I would like to suggest that we use Wikisource as a link page for the individual (Check my edits), as that has quite a clear outline of the copyright situ? To tell you the truth I've go some geezer going on on my talk page going on about synthetic propositions, but to tell you the truth I am not into Kantisch Questions. This doesn't mean to say that the geezer doesn't have a point, but I never got into Kant and don't want to now! Leutha (talk) 21:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)


 * I don't oppose using Wikisource (although information on Wikisource might not be as complete as their Wikipedia entries) for writers. Tougher to use that for artists and musicians though.  I decided to just not bother engaging more with that bad-faith user though since they offered no constructive criticism.  Abzeronow (talk) 16:00, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, actually wikisource tends to have the relevant info in a template. Long term solution is Wikidata, I reckon. Leutha (talk) 16:15, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Sadly, the list is innacurate for Spain
Public domain for older works in Spain kicks in still after 80, not 70 years. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/Spain jynus (talk) 15:29, 1 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Which is noted in the text in the Life + 70 section that Spain is Life + 80 for authors who died before 1987. Abzeronow (talk) 15:54, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


 * What I meant is, would a Spaniard whose date of death is in 1949 had its works in public domain for other contries in 2020? I am no lawyer, not sure about that. jynus (talk) 14:24, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Coordinating communications and events for 2020
Hi, I am trying to coordinate communications and events for 2020 – please participate in the Public Domain Day 2020 thread on the Wikimedia Space! --Gnom (talk) 14:07, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Russia / USSR copyright term
In Russia, a copyright extension of +4 years is valid for authors who participated or worked during the Second World War. These were almost all the authors (with very rare exceptions) who lived during the time in the USSR. Accordingly, the works of Russian / Soviet authors who died in 1945 and not in 1949 now go into the public domain. For example, these are Vladimir Vernadsky, Alexey Tolstoy, Demyan Bedny, etc.--Ctac (talk) 11:59, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Added info on Russia. I had added it to the 2019 in public domain page.  Abzeronow (talk) 18:31, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

US Copyrights in "life of author +50 years"
This is incorrect (it appears, see: Copyright_law_of_the_United_States. I noticed this with Kerouac's works.  It's true he died in 1969, however I cite "On the Road" (1957).  According to the aforementioned article, the term of copyright is for 95 years, not life of the author+50 years (as is shown here).  I'm not a copyright lawyer, so I'm not removing it until someone else looks at it, but I'm inclined to believe his works are still in copyright.
 * You have to look at the section Entering the public domain in the United States. I've always thought it was a bit "internationalist" to have that so far down when, presumably, the majority of English-language readers are under the domain the U.S. It doesn't say "95 years" but it does indicate that 1924 is the last year available. - kosboot (talk) 02:44, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * These pages were set up when hardly anything was going into public domain in the US, and the order itself is legacy. As a American, I am fine with the United States section being near the bottom since it tends to link to other pages that show publication by year, and a few works that have gotten prominence in articles.  The Life of author + 50 years applies to countries that have that copyright term, the American flag next to Kerouac's name just indicates that he's from that country, not that his works would be free from copyright in that country.  Abzeronow (talk) 14:35, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * To make the list is more useful, and in a reasonable size, we should omit the American authors from the 70+ and 50+ lists, and the European ones from the 50+ list. It's senseless to say the Crusade in Europe in now in public domain in Canada (50 years after its author's death), while it won't enter public domain in its homeland until 2044 (95 years from publishing). Otherwise, it's better, I think, to write some famous examples of the 1924 American works that just entered public domain.--Maher27777 (talk) 21:58, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, I strongly disagree . These authors, while still in copyright in the U.S., are public domain in other countries and that should be noted.  (And there are cases where materials are P.D. in the U.S. but not in other countries, e.g. pre-1925 music of Irving Berlin, who died only 30 years ago.) - kosboot (talk) 02:44, 11 March 2020 (UTC)