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When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works is not uniform. The following lists include creators whose works entered the public domain in 2029 under the most common copyright regimes.

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

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See also: Creators whose works entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2009

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.

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Countries with life + 60 years

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

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Countries with life + 50 years

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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.

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Countries with life + 80 years

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See also: Works that entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years in 2019

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.

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The trailer is from an unknown year and is for a re-issue of King Kong. The story and characters of King Kong were in the public domain even before the film's release due to classification errors on certain pre-emptive tie-in material.
See also: Public domain in the United States

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1933, films released in 1933, and other works published in 1933, will enter the public domain in 2029.[1] Sound recordings published in 1928 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1958 will also enter the public domain.

Notable films entering the public domain in 2029 include the original King Kong and its sequel Son of Kong, Lloyd Bacon's musical films 42nd Street and Footlight Parade, Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Invisible Man, Best Picture Academy Award-winner Cavalcade, Alfred E. Green's Baby Face with Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent, George Cukor's adaptation of Little Women with Kathrine Hepburn, the Marx Brothers musical comedy Duck Soup, Ecstasy with Hedy Lamarr in her acting debut, the John Ford films Doctor Bull and Pilgrimage, Mervyn LeRoy's Tugboat Annie and Gold Diggers of 1933 (the latter of which he co-directed with Busby Berkeley), the Mae West films She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel, Frank Tuttle's Roman Scandals, Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (the first British film to win an Oscar), Lowell Sherman's Morning Glory, the original State Fair (which inspired the more famous 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film), William J. Cowen's Oliver Twist, Cukor's Dinner at Eight, Frank Capra's Lady for a Day and The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Raoul Walsh's Going Hollywood with Marion Davies and Bing Crosby, Jean Vigo's Zero for Conduct, Walt Disney's Three Little Pigs and the first animated Popeye cartoons.

Literary works entering the public domain include H. G. Wells's sci-fi novel The Shape of Things to Come, James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon introducing Shangri-La, Dashiell Hammett's novel The Thin Man introducing Nick and Nora Charles, George Orwell's first novel Down and Out in Paris and London, Virginia Woolf's novel Flush: A Biography, Ernest Hemingway's short story collection Winner Take Nothing, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mystery novel Lord Edgware Dies, Raymond Chandler's short story Blackmailers Don't Shoot, John Steinbeck's novel To a God Unknown and Dorothy Wall's children's novel Blinky Bill.

Artworks entering the public domain include Diego Rivera's destroyed mural Man at the Crossroads and his Detroit Industry Murals, René Magritte's painting The Human Condition, and Henri Cartier-Bresson's photograph Seville, Spain.

Among the better-known songs entering the public domain are "We're in the Money", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "I've Got the World on a String" and "42nd Street". Additionally, the entry of Three Little Pigs will also bring along the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?", which was the anthem of the Great Depression.

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