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2013 in public domain

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This is a list of works that entered the public domain in part of the world in 2013.

Entering the public domain in Europe

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A work enters the public domain in most European countries (with the exception of Belarus) 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the author's lifetime.[1]

Authors

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Scholars and journalists

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Music

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Art

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Brazil

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Entering the public domain in the United States

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The Copyright Term Extension Act means works never registered or published before January 1, 1978, and whose authors died before 1943 entered the public domain in this jurisdiction on January 1, 2013.[3] Other works would not enter the public domain here until 2019.[4]

Worldwide

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Nina Paley decided to donate her 2008 film Sita Sings the Blues to the public domain.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Billboard Business". Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  2. ↑ The Beatles' "Love Me Do" Hits the Public Domain in Europe, Rolling Stone
  3. ↑ "Certain Unpublished, Unregistered Works Enter Public Domain". United States Copyright Office. 2003-01-13. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
  4. ↑ "United States Copyright Law". Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  5. ↑ "SITA SINGS THE BLUES LICENSE Updated 1-18-2013". Retrieved 2024-11-17.