The most books enter the public domain either because they are not copyrightable (e.g. certain government documents), or because their copyrights expire.
For United States are applied the following rules for entering the public domain:
- anything copyrighted prior to 1923 is in the public domain.
- works never published prior to 2003, and never registered for copyright prior to 1978 are now in the public domain in the US if they are by authors who died more than 70 years.
For United States are applied the following rules for entering the public domain:
- anything copyrighted prior to 1923 is in the public domain.
- works never published prior to 2003, and never registered for copyright prior to 1978 are now in the public domain in the US if they are by authors who died more than 70 years.
Life + 70: In the European Union, Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia (for new works), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Ghana, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Russia (for new works), Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine, copyrights tend to last for the lifetime of the author plus 70 years.
Life plus 70 years is also the standard duration of copyright in the United States for works first published after 1977.
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