2035 in public domain

The literature of Ian Fleming, including the original James Bond series of novels and short stories, will enter the public domain in Europe in 2035.

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 2035 under the most common copyright regimes, assuming no further extensions to copyright terms become law in the interim.

Countries with life + 70 years

See also: Creators whose works entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2015

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.

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Dr. Atl	Mexico	3 October 1875	15 August 1964	Painter, writer
Fernando Leal	Mexico	26 February 1896	7 October 1964	Painter, muralist, lithographer, engraver
Bharathidasan	India	29 April 1891	21 April 1964	Poet	"Tamil Thai Valthu"
Birinchi Kumar Barua	India	16 October 1908	30 March 1964	Scholar, writer
Carlos Brandt	Venezuela	11 October 1875	27 February 1964	Writer
Guru Dutt	India	9 July 1925	10 October 1964	Film director	Pyaasa
Ian Fleming	United Kingdom	28 May 1908	12 August 1964	Writer	James Bond
Mushtaq Hussain Khan	India	1878	13 August 1964	Musician
Jawaharlal Nehru	India	14 November 1889	27 May 1964	Politician	An Autobiography

Countries with life + 60 years

See also: Creators whose works entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2025

In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Jean Absil	Belgium	23 October 1893	2 February 1974	Composer
Gilbert Archey	New Zealand	4 August 1890	20 October 1974	Zoologist	The Moa, a Study of the Dinornithiformes
Miguel Ángel Asturias	Guatemala	19 October 1899	9 June 1974	Poet-diplomat	El Señor Presidente
Farid al-Atrash	Egypt	1917	26 December 1974	Composer
Kurt Atterberg	Sweden	12 December 1887	15 February 1974	Composer	Compositions
H. E. Bates	United Kingdom	16 May 1905	29 January 1974	Writer	The Darling Buds of May
Erick Berry	United States	4 January 1892	February 1974	Writer	The Winged Girl of Knossos
Bobby Bloom	United States	15 January 1946	28 February 1974	Singer-songwriter	"Montego Bay"
Hector Bolitho	New Zealand	28 May 1897	12 September 1974	Writer	Albert the Good and the Victorian Reign
Buddhadeb Bosu	Bangladesh	1908	1974	Writer
Rosario Castellanos	Mexico	25 May 1925	7 August 1974	Poet, novelist	The Nine Guardians
Nellie Coad	New Zealand	15 October 1883	6 September 1974	Teacher, writer
Phillis Emily Cunnington	United Kingdom	1 November 1887	24 October 1974	Physician, historian	Handbook of English Mediaeval Costume
Maurice Duggan	New Zealand	25 November 1922	11 December 1974	Writer	Summer in the Gravel Pit
Duke Ellington	United States	29 April 1899	24 May 1974	Composer	Duke Ellington discography
Julius Evola	Italy	19 May 1898	11 June 1974	Philosopher	Revolt Against the Modern World
Allal al-Fassi	Morocco	10 January 1910	13 May 1974	Writer	The Independence Movements in Arab North Africa
Dorothy Fields	United States	15 July 1904	28 March 1974	Film lyricist	"The Way You Look Tonight"
Louise Fitzhugh	United States	5 October 1928	19 November 1974	Writer	Harriet the Spy
Georgette Heyer	United Kingdom	16 August 1902	4 July 1974	Writer	List of works by Georgette Heyer
Ali Ismael	Egypt	28 December 1922	16 June 1974	Composer	Fida'i
Marie Luise Kaschnitz	Germany	31 January 1901	10 October 1974	Writer	Menschen und Dinge 1945
Erich Kästner	Germany	23 February 1899	29 July 1974	Poet, screenwriter	Emil and the Detectives
Muhammad Ayub Khan	Pakistan	14 May 1907	19 April 1974	Politician	Books
Pär Lagerkvist	Sweden	23 May 1891	11 July 1974	Writer	Barabbas
Eve Langley	New Zealand	1 September 1904	1 June 1974	Writer	The Pea-Pickers
Charles Lindbergh	United States	4 February 1902	26 August 1974	Aviator, writer	"WE", The Spirit of St. Louis
Eric Linklater	United Kingdom	8 March 1899	7 November 1974	Writer, poet	The Wind on the Moon
Walter Lippmann	United States	23 September 1889	14 December 1974	Writer	Public Opinion
Margaret MacPherson	New Zealand	19 June 1895	14 September 1974	Writer, journalist	A Symposium Against War
P. Schuyler Miller	United States	21 February 1912	13 October 1974	Writer
Henry de Monfreid	France	14 November 1879	13 December 1974	Adventurer, writer	Secrets of the Red Sea
Stanley Mullen	United States	20 June 1911	1974	Artist, writer	Kinsmen of the Dragon
Leslie Munro	New Zealand	26 February 1901	13 February 1974	Politician, writer	United Nations: hope for a divided world
Douglas Robb	New Zealand	1899	1974	Physician, writer	Medical Odyssey
David Alfaro Siqueiros	Mexico	29 December 1896	6 January 1974	Painter, muralist	Portrait of the Bourgeoisie (1939–1940), The March of Humanity (1957–1971)
William Sloane	United States	15 August 1906	25 September 1974	Writer	To Walk the Night
Zaharia Stancu	Romania	7 October 1902	5 December 1974	Writer	Through the Ashes of the Empire
Sheila Stuart	United Kingdom	1892	1974	Writer	Alison's Highland Holiday
Jacqueline Susann	United States	20 August 1918	21 September 1974	Writer	Valley of the Dolls
Sándor Szathmári	Hungary	29 June 1897	16 July 1974	Writer, mechanical engineer	Kazohinia
Whanki Kim	South Korea	3 April 1913	25 July 1974	Painter	What Form, Shall We Meet Again? (어디서 무엇이 되어 다시 만나랴)
Robert Charles Zaehner	United Kingdom	8 April 1913	24 November 1974	Scholar	Zurvan, Mysticism, Our Savage God

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.

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Vicente Aleixandre	Spain	26 April 1898	14 December 1984	Poet
Michail Sholokhov	Russia	24 May 1905	21 February 1984	Novelist	And Quiet Flows the Don

Countries with life + 80 years

See also: Works that entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years in 2025

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.

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Jacinto Benavente	Spain	12 August 1866	14 July 1954	Writer	The Unloved Woman

United States

The two most famous films entering the public domain in the United States in 2035 are Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, both of which are widely considered to be among the greatest films of all time.

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1939, films released in 1939, and other works published in 1939 will enter the public domain in 2035. Sound recordings published in 1934 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1964 will also enter the public domain.

The most famous films entering the public domain in 2035 are two adaptations directed by Victor Fleming: MGM's The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland, and Selznick International's Best Picture Academy Award winner Gone with the Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, both of which have been celebrated for their innovative use of Technicolor and are widely considered to be among the greatest motion pictures of all time. The entry of the former film is more significant given its widespread influence in popular culture, and will bring along the film's trademark designs and portrayals for L. Frank Baum's world and characters as well as its entire incidental and song score, including its signature song "Over the Rainbow". Also entering the public domain are multiple Hollywood films that are considered classics among their respective genres: Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with Jean Arthur and James Stewart, Sam Wood's Goodbye, Mr. Chips with Robert Donat, John Ford's Stagecoach starring John Wayne, Dark Victory with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, Leo McCarey's Love Affair with Irene Dunne, Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas, Hal Roach's Of Mice and Men adaptation with Burgess Meredith, and William Wyler's adaptation of Wuthering Heights with Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier.

Other notable films entering the public domain this year include 20th Century Fox's two Sherlock Holmes films with Basil Rathbone, Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game, Jesse James starring Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda, Busby Berkeley's Babes in Arms starring Garland and Mickey Rooney, Dodge City starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, George Cukor's The Women, Ford's Drums Along the Mohawk with Fonda and Claudette Colbert, Michael Curtiz's The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, William Dieterle's adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton, Condemned To Be Shot (one of the earliest television films), Hugh Harman's animated short film Peace on Earth, the final Betty Boop cartoons, and Walt Disney's last Silly Symphony short The Ugly Duckling. The modern character designs of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will also enter the public domain.

Important literary works that will enter the public domain in 2035 include James Joyce's final work Finnegans Wake, John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, Agatha Christie's crime novel And Then There Were None, Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep introducing Philip Marlowe, Richard Llewellyn's novel How Green Was My Valley, Ernest Vincent Wright's novel Gadsby, Stanley G. Weinbaum's post-apocalyptic novel The Black Flame, the science fiction short stories I, Robot by Eando Binder and Marooned off Vesta by Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein's short story Life-Line, T. S. Eliot's poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (the source material for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats), Joseph Kesselring's play Arsenic and Old Lace, Lindsay and Crouse's Life with Father, J. B. Priestley's novel Let the People Sing, Jorge Luis Borges' short story Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote in its original Spanish, Hergé's Tintin story King Ottokar's Sceptre (which debuted the supporting character Bianca Castafiore) in its original French black-and-white version, and the children's books Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys by H. A. Rey (which introduced the monkey character now known as Curious George) in its original French, and Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. The first comic books of DC Comics' Batman, as well as the original character of the Human Torch from Marvel Comics (not to be confused with Johnny Storm, a member of the Fantastic Four who were introduced much later), will also become public domain in 2035. The same will happen for the booklet from the Montgomery Ward department store chain that introduced the character of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, who would later become the focus of a popular Christmas song; and for the premiere issues of The Kenyon Review, Startling Stories, Poetry London and Famous Fantastic Mysteries.

Artworks entering the public domain include Salvador Dalí's The Enigma of Hitler, Edward Hopper's Cape Cod Evening, Frida Kahlo's oil painting The Two Fridas, and Fernand Leger's Adam and Eve.

Popular songs entering the public domain include "Moonlight Serenade", "God Bless America", "If I Didn't Care", "What's New?", and the nursery rhyme "I'm A Little Teapot". Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky will also become public domain in the United States this year.

See also

• List of American films of 1939
• 1939 in literature
• 1939 in music
• 1964 in literature and 1984 in literature for deaths of writers
• Public Domain Day
• Creative Commons

External links

• Media related to Undelete in 2035 at Wikimedia Commons
• "Authors by Year of Death – 1964". AuthorAndBookInfo.com.
• Popular Books of 1939 at Goodreads