2022 in public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that enter the public domain in 2022. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2022.

List of authors

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Choudhry Rahmat Ali	Pakistan	16 November 1897	3 February 1951	Jurist	Works
Muhammad Ali	India	1874	13 October 1951	Writer	Works
Henry W. Armstrong	United States	22 July 1879	28 February 1951	Composer	Sweet Adeline
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar	Iran	10 December 1886	22 April 1951	Poet
Gaspar Agüero Barreras	Cuba	15 February 1873	18 May 1951	Pianist, composer
Algernon Blackwood	United Kingdom	14 March 1869	10 December 1951	Journalist and author	Incredible Adventures, "The Willows", "The Wendigo" and The Doll and One Other
Francisco Boix	Spain	31 August 1920	7 July 1951	Photographer	Photographs of Mauthausen concentration camp
Ivanoe Bonomi	Italy	18 October 1873	20 April 1951	Politician	Works
Lloyd C. Douglas	United States	27 August 1877	13 February 1951	Writer, Pastor	Magnificent Obsession, The Robe
'Abd al-'Aziz Fahmi	Egypt	23 December 1870	1951	Poet
Josef Bohuslav Foerster	Czech Republic	30 December 1859	29 May 1951	Composer
André Gide	France	22 November 1869	19 February 1951	Writer, Nobel Prize laureate	Les faux-monnayeurs
René Guenon	France	15 November 1886	7 January 1951	Philosopher and Sufi Scholar	The Symbolism of the Cross
Sadegh Hedayat	Iran	17 February 1903	9 April 1951	Writer, Poet	The Blind Owl
Karl Maria Kaufmann	Germany	2 March 1872	6 February 1951	Archeologist	Works
Ernestina Lecuona	Cuba	16 January 1882	3 September 1951	Pianist, composer
Sinclair Lewis	United States	7 February 1885	10 January 1951	Writer	Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith
Ana Aurora do Amaral Lisboa (pt)	Brazil	24 September 1860	22 March 1951	Poet
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim	Finland	4 June 1867	27 January 1951	Politician	Memories
Nikolai Medtner	Russia	5 January 1880	13 November 1951	Composer
Giuseppe Mulè	Italy	28 June 1885	10 September 1951	Composer
Godofredo Rangel	Brazil	21 November 1884	4 August 1951	Writer and translator
Harry Schmidt	Germany	21 June 1894	7 September 1951	Mathematician	Works
Arnold Schoenberg	Austria United States	13 September 1874	13 July 1951	Composer, music theorist
Houcine Slaoui	Morocco	1921	1951	Musician	Discography
Pamela Colman Smith	United Kingdom	16 February 1878	18 September 1951	Illustrator	Rider-Waite tarot deck
Henry De Vere Stacpoole	Ireland United Kingdom	9 April 1863	12 April 1951	Writer	The Blue Lagoon
Ludwig Wittgenstein	Austria United Kingdom	26 April 1889	29 April 1951	Philosopher	Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Philosophical Investigations
Corrado Zoli	Italy	3 January 1877	8 December 1951	Writer	Works

Entering the public domain in Spain

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2022.

List of authors

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Prudenci Bertrana	Spain	1867	1941	Writer	Entre la terra i els núvols
José Fernández del Villar	Spain	26 December 1888	2 April 1941	Playwright	Plays

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, Canada, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay; a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Kate Aitken	Canada	6 April 1891	11 December 1971	Broadcaster	Books
Ya'qoub Al-Oudat	Jordan	1909	23 September 1971	Poet, Biographer	Biography of Mustafa Wahbi et-Tull
Brock Chisholm	Canada	18 May 1896	4 February 1971	Psychiatrist	Works
Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri	Egypt	1895	21 July 1971	legal scholar	Al-Waseet fil Qanun
Abdul Jabbar Jomard	Iraq	1909	30 November 1971	Historian, Poet
Ghulam Rasool Mehr	Pakistan	13 April 1895	16 November 1971	Muslim scholar	Books
Ogden Nash	United States	19 August 1902	19 May 1971	Poet	Works
Andre Ryder	Greece Egypt	10 August 1908	5 March 1971	Musician
Tawfīq Sāyigh	Palestine	1923	1971	Poet
Stevie Smith	United Kingdom	20 September 1902	7 March 1971	Poet, Novelist	Works
Frank Underhill	Canada	26 November 1889	16 September 1971	Historian	Upper Canadian Politics in the 1850s

Entering the public domain in Australia

See also: Copyright law of Australia

In 2004 copyright in Australia changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with America and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which bought some e.g. British authors back into copyright, especially those who died from 1925 to 1944). Hence the work of an author who died before 1955 is normally in the public domain in Australia; but the copyright of authors was extended to 70 years after death for those who died in 1955 or later, and no more Australian authors will come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).

Entering the public domain in the United States

See also: Public domain in the United States

All sheet music published in 1926 enters the public domain. Under the Music Modernization Act, tens of thousands of sound recordings that were published before 1923 will enter the public domain on 1 January 2022. The Library of Congress says that this will result in "Increased public and online access to previously unavailable recordings and expanded opportunities to explore the earliest days of our sound recording heritage." No sound recordings that were published after 1922 will enter the public domain.

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1926, films released in 1926, and other works published in 1926, will enter the public domain in 2022.

Notable books entering the public domain in the United States include Winnie-the-Pooh and The Sun Also Rises. The 1927 German film Metropolis, whose U.S. copyright is currently administered by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation, will also be in the public domain.

Unpublished works whose authors died in 1951 will enter the public domain.

See also

• 1951 in literature and 1971 in literature for deaths of writers
• Public Domain Day
• Creative Commons

External links

• Media related to Undelete in 2022 at Wikimedia Commons

• "Authors by Year of Death - 1951". AuthorAndBookInfo.com.
• Popular Books of 1926 at Goodreads