Public Domains and 100th Anniversaries

Introduction

The why away over Times Square last night, all copyrighted works published in 1923 fell into the public domain (with a few exceptions). Everyone now has the right to republish them or adapt them for use in new works.

It's the first time this has happened in 21 years.

In 1977, works published in 1901 or earlier were in the public domain, with 1902 works scheduled to expire at the beginning of 1978. But then Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. It added 20 years to the terms of older works, keeping 1902 works locked up until 1998.

Many people—including me—expected another fight over copyright extension in 2018. But it never happened. Congress left the existing law in place, and so those 1923 copyrights expired on schedule this morning.

And assuming Congress doesn't interfere, more works will fall into the public domain each January from now on.

Next January, George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue fell into the public domain. It was followed by The Great Gatsby in January 2021 and Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and Winnie the Pooh in January 2022.

The Public Domains: World War I in 2010, Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 2012, Nazi Party in 2016, Soviet Union in 2018, Winnie the Pooh in 2022, Mickey Mouse in 2024, Popeye in 2025, Betty Boop in 2026, Nazi Germany, King Kong in 2028, Snow White in 2033, Superman in 2034, The Wizard of Oz, Batman & World War II in 2035, Bugs Bunny in 2036, Wonder Woman in 2037, Socialist Unity Party of Germany in 2042, Cold War in 2043, East Germany in 2045, Cinderella and Korean War in 2046, Pink Panther and Sons in 2048, Vietnam War in 2051, The Smurfs in 2054, The Flintstones in 2056, Hulk and Spider-Man in both 2058, Doctor Who in 2059, Mary Poppins in 2060, The Jungle Book in 2061, Scooby–Doo and Sesame Street in both 2065, Garfield in 2072, Star Wars in 2073, Afghan War in 2074, The Soviet-Afghan War in 2075, Mario in 2077, The Simpsons in 2083, Ninja Gaiden in 2084, The Little Mermaid in 2085, Gulf War in 2086, Deadpool in 2086, Ren & Stimpy in 2087, Aladdin in 2088, Beavis and Butt-Head in 2089, Toy Story in 2091, Space Jam in 2092, Dead or Alive in 2093, Family Guy in 2094, ISIS and SpongeBob SquarePants in 2095, Aqua Teen Hunger Force in 2096, Dead or Alive 3, 9/11 attack, War on Terror, Iraq War, War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Uglydoll and Shrek in 2097, The Backyardigans in 2100, SML in 2103, James Cameron's Avatar in 2105, Battle for Dream Island in 2106, Operation Neptune Spear and The Amazing World of Gumball in 2107, Uglydoll (movie) in 2115, Pibby in 2117, The Amazing Digital Circus and Krapopolis in 2119, Rock Paper Scissors, Princess Peach: Showtime!, Grimsburg, World War III, Funko Fusion, Open Roads, Unicorn Overlord & Stellar Blade in 2120, Wildwood & Plankton: The Movie in 2121, 100 Years (movie) in 2211, and other things in the coming 3 centuries or so.

On January 1, 2024, well see the expiration of the copyright for public domain from Steamboat Willie and with it Disney's claim to the film's star Mickey Mouse, and then now, Mickey Mouse 100th anniversary in 2028. Many more characters will all fall into the public domain and have their 100th anniversaries.

The expiration of its copyrights for the original classic stars respectively characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Hulk and Darth Vader. The will raise tricky new legal questions. After 2024, Disney won't have any public domain copyright protection for Mickey's original incarnation. But Disney will still own copyrights for later incarnations of the character—and it will also own Mickey-related trademarks, and now, Mickey Mouse celebrate 100th anniversary in 2028.

James Grimmelmann, a copyright scholar at Cornell Law School, tells Ars that this is an uncharted area of law because licensing practices for modern characters are "so much more intensive and so much more comprehensive now" than in the 1920s and 1930s. "We never had mega characters in the same way" prior to the 1920s, he says.

While working on my essay on Pulled-To-Publish fanfiction, I decided to look up on Copyrights and the Public Domain. When I started work on the first version of the essay in 2014, the most recent year the U.S Public Domain had was 1922 (The U.S Public Domain was frozen until 2019, two years after I wrote the second version of my essay) and while I was researching, I had realised that a number of iconic characters will be heading into the U.S Public Domain in the next fifty years. But that doesn't mean the characters in question will become Public Domain themselves, it means the original versions will become PD. So in 2024, the version of Mickey Mouse which appeared in "Steamboat Willie" will entered Public Domain, but later aspects of the character will known Copyright until the Copyright which used another aspect of the character expires, so if you want to add gloves to the original version, you'll have to wait until 2025 (As the first cartoon which featured Mickey with the gloves dates back to 1929), Popeye comics will enter Public Domain in 2025, Betty Boop cartoons entered Public Domain in 2026, It's the same with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, who will be entered Public Domain in 2034, 2035 and 2037 respectively: only the original versions of those three characters will go into the Public Domain (In Superman's case, the version that appeared in 1938 didn't have many of his powers nor was able to fly, and Kryptonite and backstory was non-existent. These elements came later on. It's the same case with Batman; the version that first appeared in 1939 didn't have a Batmobile, Wonder Woman; the version that first appeared in 1941 didn't have a Invisible Jet, and Alfred Pennyworth was non-existent. Moreover, the "Rogues Gallery" of Heroes and Villains were introduced over many years; Bane himself was introduced in 1991 and will remain under Copyright for a long time). Currently in the U.S the works that is heading for the PD are works produced before March 1, 1989. Over the next five decades the following will enter the U.S and other nations' PD (as well as works that are already in the PD):

Notes

Note: This is based on after 96 years the copyright expires. Just pretend that pre-1923 works enter PD just like that. This does not count to pre-1889 stuff since the copyright term was 56 years for works published before 1889.

Note two: Public domain for the works with no copyright it lasted 25 years and the works had no copyright renewal enter public domain 28 years to 47 years when works had extended renewed copyright lasted 50 years works has non renewed copyright lasted 55 years to 70 years works when author died earlier 2 decades after the works creation lasted 75 years works were published and got copyright and renewed 95 years after the works creation works had non copyright last 100 years to 105 years works when they have extended copyright lasted 110 to 125 years.

Note three: Public domain Works differently in different countries. USA 95 years, Russia 86 years, Iran 30 years, India 60 years, Canada 56 years, Japan 76 years, Spain 70 years, UK 109 years, China 50 years, Germany 100 years, Korean 136 years, Italy 140 years, Slovakia 120 years, Mexico 106 years, Ireland 156 years, France 150 years, Kenya 66 years, Denmark 36 years, Jersey 186 years, Jamaica 180 years, El Salvador 190 years, Cuba 176 years, South Africa 139 years, Finland 127 years, Belarus 57 years, Turkey 130 years, Malaysia 40 years, Hungary 46 years, Libya 25 years, England 116 years, Norway 128 years, Greek 200 years, Iraq 210 years, Europe 90 years, Asia 146 years, Latin America 80 years, Australia Life + 70 years, Western America Life+ 66 years, North America Life + 86 years, South America Life + 56 years, South Korea Life + 60 years, Eastern Europe Life + 80 years, East Mexico Life + 90 years, Egypt Life + 96 years, Poland Life + 30 years, Northern China Life + 100 years, Serbia Life + 120 years, Israel Life + 126 years, Brazil + 110 years, Sweden + 116 years, Northern Mexico Life + 71 years, Eastern China Life + 57 years, Mexico Life+ 60 years, USA Life+ 70 years, UK Life + 75 years, Spain Life + 80 years, Japan Life + 90 years, India Life + 60 years, Europe Life + 80 years, Canada Life + 70 years

Note four: Public domain was Actually been frozen in USA in 1977 due to copyright protection from works from 1902 extended from 75 years to 95 years and re-open in 1998.

Note five: In 1984 Mickey mouse almost enter Public domain that year but that year Mickey Became Public domain in Canada in 1984 But Disney don't want him for Public domain yet so During the Sony Bono Act of 1998 Mickey mouse was Copyright Protection for next 25 years until 2024 But In 1977 Public domain was Actually re-open for the works of 1902

Public Domain dates

Already in the public domain

1705 (already in PD): American Indian Wars

1931 (already in PD): Texas Revolution

1942 (already in PD): Mexican-American War

1908 (already in PD): War of 1812

1957 (already in PD): American Civil War

1913 (already in PD): Jingle Bells

1914 (already in PD): Frankenstein not Frankenstein monster

1937 (already in PD): Original version of Brer Rabbit

1940 (already in PD): Pinocchio (original version not by Disney

1943 (already in PD): Coca-Cola

1958 (already in PD): (Sinkin in the bathtub): First Looney tunes cartoon

1950 (already in PD): Sioux Wars

1959 (already in PD): The Mad Doctor

1965 (already in PD): Popeye In Aladdin: Starring Popeye the Sailor

1975 (already in PD): Felix the cat Oliva oyl and A&W (enter PD in Canada)

1977 (already in PD): Laugh o Gram's (enter PD in Canada)

1978 ( already in PD): Nostferatu ( enter PD in Canada)

The switch in years from 1889 - 1945 becomes 1985

1985 (already in PD): Nintendo (the early playing cards from the company before they were a video game company nowadays), Popeye the sailor and Bosko (enter PD in Canada)

1987 (already in PD): Koko the Clown (enter PD in Spain)

1989 (already in PD): Felix the Cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Spain), A&W (enter PD in Spain), King Kong (1933) (film) ( enter PD in Canada)

1992 (already in PD): Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures (enter PD in Latin America), How a Mosquito Operates (enter PD in Latin America)

1993 (already in PD): Count Dracula (novel), Alice Comedies and Julius the Cat (enter PD in Spain) Disney Studios and Warner Bros (enter PD in Spain)

1994 (already in PD): Pepsi, Colombia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (enter PD in Spain)

1995 (already in PD): Felix the Cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Japan), A&W (enter PD in Japan), Pete (enter PD in Spain)

1996 (already in PD): Winnie the Pooh and Bambi (enter PD in Spain)

1997 (already in PD): Koko the Clown (enter PD in Latin America), Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and The Jazz Singer (enter PD in spain), Metropolis (enter PD in Spain)

1998: (already in PD): Peter Pan (original version not by Disney), Fantasmagorie (enter PD in Europe), Mickey mouse from Steamboat Willie (enter PD in Spain) a trip to the moon

1999: (already in PD): Felix the Cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Latin America), A&W (enter PD in Latin America), Popeye the sailor and Bosko (enter PD in Spain), Tin Tin (enter PD in Spain)

2000: (already in PD): Pluto and Betty Boop (enter PD in Spain) the impossible voyage

2002 (already in PD): Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (first cartoon), Winnie the Pooh (enter PD in Japan), Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures (enter PD in Europe), How a Mosquito Operates (enter PD in Europe)

2003 (already in PD): First Japanese cartoon, Le Cochon Danseur, Mutt and Jeff (1907 comic), Oswald the lucky rabbit and The Jazz Singer (enter PD in Japan), Krazy Kat (comic) (enter PD in Europe), Metropolis (enter PD in Japan), Alice Comedies and Julius the Cat (enter PD in Latin America) Disney Studios and Warner Bros (enter PD in Latin America)

2004 (already in PD): Fantasmagorie (first cartoon from Europe), Mickey mouse from Steamboat Willie (enter PD in Japan), Gertie the Dinosaur and Making a Living (enter PD in Europe), Colombia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (enter PD in Latin America)

2005 (already in PD): Popeye the sailor and Bosko (enter PD in Japan), Tin Tin (enter PD in Japan), Krazy Kat (cartoons) and the original inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine (enter PD in Europe)

2006 (already in PD): Frankenstein (1910), Pluto and Betty Boop (enter PD in Japan), Winnie the Pooh and Bambi (enter PD in Latin America)

2007 (already in PD): Little Nemo, Peter Pan and Wendy (novel), Universal pictures Dracula and Frankenstein (enter PD in Japan), Koko the Clown (enter PD in Europe), Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and The Jazz Singer (enter PD in Latin America), Metropolis (enter PD in Latin America)

2008 (already in PD): How a Mosquito Operates, Tarzen of the Apes, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Goofy ( enter PD in Japan), Fantasmagorie (enter PD in German), Mickey mouse from Steamboat Willie (enter PD in Latin America), Communist Party of the Soviet Union

2009 (already in PD): Krazy Kat (comic), King Kong (enter PD in Japan), Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Europe), Popeye the sailor and Bosko (enter PD in Latin America), Tin Tin (enter PD in Latin America)

2010 (already in PD): Making a Living (first movie starring Charlie Chaplin), Gertie the Dinosaur, World War I, Fox Film Corporation, Donald duck (enter PD in Japan), Pluto and Betty Boop (enter PD in Latin America)

2011 (already in PD): Krazy Kat (cartoons), the original inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine, Porky pig and Universal pictures the Bride of Frankenstein ( enter PD in Japan), Universal pictures Dracula and Frankenstein (enter PD in Latin America), Early version of Donald Duck from (Adventure of Mickey mouse) (enter PD in Latin America), first Merrie Melodies cartoon (enter PD in Latin America)

2012 (already in PD): Mr. Peanut, How a Mosquito Operates (enter PD in German), Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures (enter PD in German), Goofy and Universal Monsters The Mummy (enter PD in Latin America)

2013 (already in PD): Koko the Clown, Out of the Inkwell, Daffy duck (enter PD in Japan), Alice Comedies and Julius the Cat (enter PD in Europe), Disney Studios and Warner Bros (enter PD in Europe), Krazy Kat (comic) (enter PD in German), First Popeye cartoon and King Kong (1933 film) (enter PD in Latin America)

2014 (already In PD): Dracula, Superman and early version of Bugs Bunny (enter PD in Japan), Colombia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (enter PD in Europe), Gertie the Dinosaur and Making a Living (enter PD in German), Donald duck (enter PD in Latin America)

2015 (already in PD): Felix the Cat, Olive Oyl, A&W, Batman and beta Bugs Bunny (enter PD in Japan), Pete (enter PD in Europe), Krazy Kat (cartoons) and the original inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine (enter PD in German), Porky Pig and Universal pictures the Bride of Frankenstein (enter PD in Latin America)

2016 (already in PD): The Last of the Mohicans, Tom and Jerry (enter PD in Japan), Woody woodpecker and Bugs Bunny (enter PD in Japan), The Flintstones (enter PD in Canada), Winnie the Pooh and Bambi (enter PD in Europe), The Hobbit (Book) (enter PD in Latin America)

2017 (already in PD): The Witch, Laugh O Grams, White Castle, Captain America and Wonder woman (enter PD in Japan), Koko the Clown (enter PD in German), Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and The Jazz Singer (enter PD in Europe), Metropolis (enter PD in Europe), Daffy Duck (enter PD in Latin America), National Fascist Party

2018 (already in PD): Nosferatu (1922), Spider man and the Hulk (enter PD in Canada), Mickey mouse from Steamboat Willie (enters PD in the EU), Superman and early version of Bugs Bunny (enters PD in Latin America)

2019 (already in PD): Alice Comedies, Julius the Cat, Disney Studios, Warner Bros, Iron-man (enter PD in Canada), Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in German), A&W (enter PD in German), Popeye the Sailor and Bosko (enter PD in Europe), Tin Tin (enter PD in Europe), Batman and Beta Bugs Bunny (enter PD in Latin America), The Walt Disney Company

2020 (already in PD): Song Car-Tunes (first actual sound cartoons), Colombia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Pluto and Betty Boop (enter PD in Europe), Captain America and Modern Mickey (enter PD in Latin America), Tom & Jerry and Woody Woodpecker (enter PD in Latin America), Bugs Bunny and Daisy Duck (enter PD in Latin America)

2021 (already in PD): Pete, The Lost World, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Casper the Friendly Ghost (enter PD in Japan), Universal pictures Dracula and Frankenstein (enter PD in Europe), Wonder Woman (enter PD in Latin America), Early version of Donald Duck from (Adventure of Mickey mouse) (enter PD in Europe), first Merrie Melodies cartoon (enter PD in Europe)

2022 (already in PD): Winnie the Pooh (the character created by A.A Milne, not the Disney version), the novel The Sun Also Rises, Bambi: A Life In The Woods (The novel), Nosferatu (1922) (enter PD in German), Goofy and Universal Monsters The Mummy (enter PD in Europe), How a Mosquito Operates (enter PD in UK), Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures (enter PD in UK)

2023 (already in PD): The Jazz Singer (The first talkie), Metropolis, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (already was public domain since 1957 due to Trolley Troubles never renewing), Alice Comedies and Julius the Cat (enter PD in German), Disney Studios and Warner Bros (enter PD in German), First Popeye cartoon and King Kong (1933 film) (enter PD in Europe), Krazy Kat (comic) (enter PD in UK), Half-Life 1 (enter PD in Libya)

2024 (already in PD): Steamboat Willie, Tigger, works by Beatrix Potter (Will enter the PD in Spain). Works by J.R.R Tolkien (Will fall in the PD in countries with Life +50 Years), The English Translation of Bambi: A Life In The Woods, Lights Of New York, The Singing Fool, Banana splits (enter PD in Canada), Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Mexico), Colombia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (enter PD in German), Donald duck (enter PD in Europe), Gertie the Dinosaur and Making a Living (enter PD in UK), Superman and Early version of Bugs Bunny (enter PD in Russia), SpongeBob SquarePants (enter PD in Libya)

Upcoming public domain works

2025

Comic books strips

• Popeye the Sailor (Turner Entertainment)
• Tin Tin
• Batman (enters the PD in Russia) (Warner Bros. Discovery)

Literary works

• A Farewell to Arms
• The Squirrel, The Hare and The Little Grey Rabbit
• Inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine (enters the PD in the UK)

Live-Action

• The Cocoaunts (the first Marx Brothers film)
• The Bride of Frankenstein (enters PD in the EU) (Universal Pictures)

Animation and characters

• Bosko
• Horace Horsecollar (Disney)
• pie-eyed Mickey (also was in the below shorts) (Disney) (Could already be in the public domain due to a poster being discovered from possibly the same year as Steamboat Willie.
• The Barn Dance (Disney)
• The Opry House (Disney)
• Pete (enters PD in Germany)
• Porky Pig (enters the PD in the EU)
• Prototype version of Bugs Bunny (enters PD in Russia)
• Krazy Kat (enters PD in the EU)
• Silly Symphonies (Disney)

2026

Live-Action

• The first Three Stooges film

Animation and characters

• Betty Boop (dog design) (Fleischer Studios)
• Woody Woodpecker (enters PD in Russia)
• Modern Mickey (enters PD in Russia)
• Flip The Frog
• Pluto

Comics

• Blondie
• Mickey Mouse (comic strip)

Literature

• The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (book)
• Scarface (book)
• Winnie the Pooh and Bambi (enter PD in Germany)
• The Hobbit (book) (enters PD in the EU)

Events

• Australia's PD open to new works (Australia's PD was frozen in 2004 as part of the switch from Life +50 Years to Life +70 Years)

2027

Live-Action

• Frankenstein (Universal Pictures)
• Dracula (Universal Pictures)
• Tom & Jerry (comedy duo)
• The Public Enemy (Warner Bros Discovery)
• The Jazz Singer (enters PD in Germany)
• Metropolis (enters PD in Germany)

Animation and characters

• Lady Play Your Mandolin (first Merrie Melodies cartoon)
• Foxy the fox
• Looney tunes piggy
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (enters PD in Germany) (Disney)
• Daffy Duck (enters PD in the EU)
• Koko the Clown (enters PD in the UK)
• Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (Warner Bros Discovery)
• Betty Boop (human design) (Fleischer Studios)

Literature

• Early version of Donald Duck (Adventure of Mickey Mouse) (book)
• Works by A.A Milne (falls into the PD countries with Life+ 70 years)

2028

Literature

• Brave New World
• King Kong (novel, may already be PD)

Live-Action

• Freaks (movie)
• The Mummy (Universal Pictures)

Animation and characters

• Mickey mouse from Steamboat Willie (enters PD in Germany)
• Prototype version of Bugs Bunny (enters PD in the EU)
• Flowers and Trees (Disney)

Comics

• Superman (enters PD in the EU)
• Bluto

2029

Literature

• King Kong (1933 film) (The Character is already public domain due to the Novelization never renewing published a year prior)

Comics

• Superman (enters PD in the EU)
• Tin Tin (enters PD in Germany)
• Olive Oyl (enters PD in the UK)
• Batman (enters PD in the EU)

Animation and characters

• Bugs Bunny (enters PD in the EU)
• First Popeye cartoon
• Doraemon (enters PD in Canada)
• The Mad Doctor
• Three Little Pigs (Disney)
• Popeye the Sailor (enters PD in Germany)
• Bosko (enters PD in Germany)
• Felix the Cat (enters PD in the UK)
• Prototype Bugs Bunny (enters PD in the EU)
• Cubby Bear

Live-Action

• The Invisible Man

2030

Animation and characters

• Donald Duck
• Pluto (enters PD in Germany)
• Betty Boop (enters PD in Germany)
• Modern Mickey (enters PD in the EU)
• Tom & Jerry (enters PD in the EU)
• Woody Woodpecker (enters PD in the EU)
• Bugs Bunny (enters PD in the EU)
• Daisy Duck (enters PD in the EU)

Comics

• Wonder Woman (enters PD in the EU)
• Captain America (enters PD in the EU)

2031

• Porky Pig
• Universal Pictures' version of the Bride of Frankenstein
• Dracula(enter PD in Germany) (Universal Pictures)
• Frankenstein (Enters PD in Germany) (Universal Pictures)
• (Early version of Donald Duck from (Adventure of Mickey mouse) (enter PD in German)
• First Merrie Melodies cartoon (enter PD in German)

2032

• Gone With The Wind (Book)
• The Hobbit (Book)
• Mickey's Rival
• Arthur (enters PD in Canada)
• Goofy
• The Mummy (enters PD in Germany) (Universal Pictures)
• Nosferatu (1922) (enters PD in the UK)
• Sunday Go to Meetin' Time

2033

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Movie) (Disney)
• Of Mice and Men (Novel)
• The Rebecca Notebook, and Other Memories (novel)
• Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd (Warner Bros Discovery)
• Huey, Dewey, and Louie (Disney)
• Star wars (enter PD in Canada) (Lucasfilms)
• First Popeye cartoon (enters PD in Germany)
• King Kong (1933 film) (enters PD in Germany)
• Alice Comedies and Julius the Cat (enter PD in UK) (Disney)
• Clean Pastures
• Uncle Tom's Bungalow
• FET y de las JONS

2034

Superman, The Chronicles of Narnia (Will enter the PD in most of Europe), early version of Bugs Bunny in Porky's Hare Hunt, Space Invader (enter PD in Canada), Donald duck (enter PD in German), Colombia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (enter PD in UK), Jungle Jitters, The Isle of Pingo Pongo, K-fee AD (enter PD in Iran)

2035

Batman, Gone With The Wind (Film), beta Bugs Bunny, The 1939 Adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (Meaning after this date, people can use the Ruby Slippers), World War II, James Bond (Character will enter the PD in countries with Life +70 Years), Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang (Book will enter the PD in Europe), Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Barney Bear, Madeline, Andy Panda, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the first Marvel Heroes from Timely except for Namor the Sub-Mariner, who's already out of copyright (Human Torch and others), Asteroid (video game) (enter PD in Canada), Porky Pig and Universal pictures the Bride of Frankenstein (enter PD in German), Pete (enter PD in UK)

2036

Captain America, The Great Dictator, Disney's version of Pinocchio, Tom & Jerry, Woody Woodpecker, Fantasia, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Modern version of Mickey Mouse in Fantasia, Bugs Bunny (Elmer's Candid Camera version), Bugs Bunny, Daisy Duck, Pac man (enter PD in Canada), The Hobbit (Book) (enter PD in German), Winnie the Pooh and Bambi (enter PD in UK)

2037

Wonder Woman, Pearl Harbor, Aquaman, Curious George, Dumbo, Universal Pictures Wolfman, Archie, Fox and the Crow, Mario and Donkey Kong (enter PD in Canada), Daffy Duck (enter PD in German), Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and The Jazz Singer (enter PD in UK), Metropolis (enter PD in UK), All This and Rabbit Stew

2038

Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Bambi (film), Cat People, several WW2 films, Donkey Kong Jr (enter PD in Canada), Superman and early version of Bugs Bunny (enter PD in German), Mickey mouse from Steamboat Willie (enter PD in UK), Mighty Mouse, Tweety

2039

Lance Lewis The Space Detective, Doraemon (Will enter public domain in Japan), Droopy, Chip and Dale, Luigi from Mario Bros ( enter PD in Canada), Batman and beta Bugs Bunny (enter PD in German), Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Slovakia), Popeye the sailor and Bosko (enter PD in UK), Tin Tin (enter PD in UK), Red Hot Riding Hood, Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, Saludos Amigos, Jose Carioca, Tin Pan Alley Cats

2040

Henry V (Laurence Olivier Film), TMNT (enter PD in Canada), Captain America and Modern Mickey (enter PD in German), Tom & Jerry and Woody Woodpecker (enter PD in German), Bugs Bunny and Daisy Duck (enter PD in German), Screwy Squirrel, Angel Puss, Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

2041

Animal Farm, The Three Railway Engines (Characters The Three Caballeros. Panchito Pistoles , l, Edward, Gordon and Henry; elements from later books starring them will appear in the PD in the following decades), Casper the Friendly Ghost, Sylvester, Wonder Woman and Universal Pictures Wolfman (enter PD in German), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Libya)

2042

Thomas the Tank Engine (The version from the book; original version of Thomas and black-liveried James) (Rumored to be already Public Domain since the book never registered a copyright, but possibly a hoax.), It's a Wonderful Life, Song of the South, Make Mine Music, The Legend of Zelda (enter PD in Canada), Metroid (enter PD in Canada), Socialist Unity Party of Mickey Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and Julis the Cat (enter PD in Australia 70 years after Ub Iwerks death), George and Junior, the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in Libya), Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in Libya)

2043

The Diary of A Young Girl, Scrooge McDuck, Little Audrey, Cold War, TMNT (cartoon) (Enter PD in Canada), The Simpsons (enter PD in Canada) Miracle on 34th Street; Fun and Fancy Free,

2044

The Naked City, Bicycle Thieves, Fort Apache, The Red Shoes, Melody Time, Riddler, Marvin the Martian, Chip Hilton, Biffo the Bear, Red River, Five nights at Freddy's and Five nights at Freddy's 2 ( enter PD in Iran)

2045

Tank Engine Thomas Again, Frosty The Snowman (The Song and Character), Nineteen Eighty-Four, Wile E. Coyote and Road Roadrunner, Crusader Rabbit (first cartoon made for TV), Mighty Young Joe (1949), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad, Mr. Magoo, The Simpsons Christmas Roasting (enter PD in Canada), 1984 (novel), East Germany, Animal Farm (enter PD in German), 20th Century Fox (enter PD in UK)

2046

Cinderella (Movie), Frosty The Snowman (The Song and Character), Gerald McBoing-Boing, Peanuts (only the Original versions of the Characters), Korean War, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (The characters Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, Mr. Tummus, Aslan and Jadis the White Witch will fall into the PD; also the elderly Mr. Kirke and his housekeepers, however, the illustrations from Narnia will remain under copyright until 2079, as Pauline Baynes died in 2008), illustrations from Winnie-The-Pooh (Illustrator died in 1976), Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Iran), Thomas the Tank Engine and Song of the South (enter PD in German), The Loud house (enter PD in Iran) Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) Movie,

2047

Prince Caspian (Book, introduces the titular character and Reechicheep), I Love Lucy, Sonic the Hedgehog (enter PD in Canada), Rugrats Doug and Ren and Stimpy (all enter PD in Canada), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in Iran), The Catcher in the Rye (novel), Nimrod video game Alice in Wonderland, An American in Paris

2048

Charlotte's Web, The Voyage of The Dawn Treader (Introduces Eustace and the titular ship), Marsupilami (original version), MAD (Magazine), Tails the Fox from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (enter PD in Canada), Marvin the Martian (enter PD in German), Halloween ( enter PD in Spain)

2049

Fahrenheit 451, Gordon The Big Engine (The character himself will be in the PD long before, but elements from the book will be in the PD), The Silver Chair (Introduces the character Jill Pole, Puddleglum, the Lady of The Green Kirtle and the missing son of King Caspian), Richie Rich, Chilly Willy, Peter Pan (Disney film), Tinker Bell characther (enter PD in Japan), (Bonkers (TV series), Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series), Animaniacs (TV series), and Rockos Modern Life will enters PD in Canada), Wile E. Coyote and Road Roadrunner (enter PD in German), 1984 (novel) (enter PD in German)

2050: The Fellowship of The Ring and The Two Towers, Edward The Blue Engine (Elements from the book will fall in the PD, Gargoyles (TV Series enters PD in Canada), character will already be in the PD by then), 20000 Leagues Inder the Sea White Christmas, On The Waterfront, The Eagle of The Ninth, Godzilla (Original version), Peewit, The Horse and His Boy (Introduces another country which borders Narnia), The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Burger King, Ahh Real Monsters (enter PD in Canada), SpongeBob SquarePants (enter PD in China)

2051: Four Little Engines Gumby and Pokey Show, The Magician's Nephew (Elements from this book, including Mr. Kirke's and Jadis' backstories, Vietnam War, Polly, Uncle Andrew, Frank and Helen will all fall in the PD), Carbonel: The King of The Cats, Sam and Friends (first appearance of Kermit the Frog), Lady and the Tramp, Mickey Mouse Club (1955 TV show), McDonald's, Mario and Donkey Kong (enter PD in India), Hutspiel

2052: The One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Book), The Last Battle (Introduces King Tirian, Jewel, Shift and Puzzle), The Flash (Barry Allen), Hey Arnold (enter PD in Canada), Dexter Laboratory (enter PD in Canada), Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline) (enter PD in Denmark), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Denmark)

2053: Throne of Blood (Japanese Film adaptation of MacBeth), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (many of the Green Lantern Corps will enter the PD in the next years and decades), The Ruff and Reddy Show (first Hanna-Barbera Cartoon) The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, book, Old Yeller, Pedro, 12 Anger Men, The Woody Woodpecker Show, Angry Beavers (enter PD in Canada), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in Denmark), Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in Denmark)

2054: A Bear Called Paddington, Tom's Midnight Garden, The Once and Future King, The Legion of Super-Heroes (starting with Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad), The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Smurfs (comic), Cat Dog and Half-Life 1 (enter PD in Canada), Godzilla (Original version) (enter PD in German)

2055: The Rescuers (Novel), Barbie, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Asterix, Rocky and His Friends, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Gargamel and Azreal, Starship Troopers (Novel), McDonald's and Kermit the Frog (enter PD in German), Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Korean), A&W (enter PD in Korean), Stellar Blade (enter PD in Iran) Sleeping Beauty, Donald in Mathmagic Land,

2056: To Kill A Mockingbird (Book), Island of The Blue Dolphins, Psycho, The Flintstones, Green Eggs and Ham

2057: Catch-22 (Book), Branch Line Engines (Elements of this book, including Daisy, will be PD; other characters already in PD by this point), Fantastic Four, Spy vs. Spy, Top Cat, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Babes in Toyland West Side Story, Yogi Bear, The Beach Boys, The Bugs Bunny Show (first Looney Tunes on TV), The Fairy odd parents (enter PD in Canada), Bay of Pigs Invasion

2058: Hulk, Spider-Man, Gallant Old Engine (Elements from the book will fall in the PD in this year, characters will already be in PD), A Clockwork Orange (Book), A Wrinkle In Time (Book), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Book), To Kill A Mockingbird (Film), Planet of the Apes (novel), The Jetsons, Touche Turtle and Dum Dum, Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har, Berenstain Bears, The Music Man, Gypsy, (film) Love Me Do (first Beatles song), Dr. Doom, Cuban Missile Crisis, Marienbad (if it gets found)

2059: The Bell Jar, Stepney The Bluebell Engine (The Railway Series interpretation of the character), Iron Man, Doctor Strange, X-Men, Cleopatra, Pink Panther, The Sword in the Stone, Bye Bye Birdie, Josie and the Pussycats (Comic), Astro Boy, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Please Please Me (first Beatles album), Felix the Cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Italy), A&W (enter PD in Italy), McDonaldland

2060: Mary Poppins, Boys Christmas Album, All Summer Ling Album, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Book), Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang (Book), Mountain Engines (Elements from this book will fall in the PD), Peter Potamus, The Magilla Gorilla Show, Jonny Quest, Underdog, The Sumerian Game

2061: Dune (Novel), Over Sea, Under Stone, Very Old Engines (Elements from the book will be in the PD, characters will be PD by then), The Sound Of Music (Film), Thunderbirds (TV series), Subway (Restaurant), Fritz the Cat (comic strip), The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt, Kimba the White Lion, Star Trek (pilot), A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Great Race (Movie) Sonic the Hedgehog (Enter PD in Spain), Stellar Blade (enter PD in Denmark)

2062: Wide Sargasso Sea, Main Line Engines (Elements from this book will fall in the PD), Laurel and Hardy, Batman (TV series), Walt Disneys Death l, Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles, Space Ghost, Dino Boy, , The Space Kidettes, Star Trek: The Original Series [Later Star Trek series and movies will fall into the public domain in the next years and decades. Though the 1965 Star Trek pilot episode will enter the public domain a year before]. Smurfette, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special), Yellow Submarine, Cheburashka, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Winnie the Pooh and Bambi (enter PD in Korean), Bananas In Pyjamas (song)

2063: Where Eagles Dare, Batgirl, The Outsiders, When Marnie Was There (Book), Small Railway Engines (Elements from this book will be in the PD), The Outsiders (Novel), Birdman and the Galaxy Trio The Jungle Book, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Girl in the Freudian Slip . Shazam’,, The Herculoids, Grave of the Fireflies (short story), When Marnie Was There (novel), Speed Racer, Lupin III, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and The Jazz Singer (enter PD in Korean)

2064: The High King, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Book and film), Enterprising Engines (Elements will fall in the PD), Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Kestrel For A Knave (Film adaptation will fall in the U.S PD in 2065), The Wombles, A Wizard of Earthsea, Escape To Witch Mountain (Book), The Chronicles of Narnia (Will enter the PD in Mexico), Planet of the Apes (Film), Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Guardians Of The Galaxy (the original team) MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, The Banana Splits, The Adventures of Gulliver, Wacky Races, The Archie Show, Mickey mouse From Steamboat Willie (enter PD in Korean), The Last Unicorn (Novel), Ninja Gaiden (enter PD in Japan)

2065: Kes (Adaptation of A Kestrel For A Knave), Master and Commander (Book), The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Oliver The Western Engine (Elements from this book will fall in the PD), Scooby-Doo Where Are You?, , Sesame Street, Wendy's, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, Dastardly and Muttley, Doraemon, Nu Pogodi!, I Want You Back (first Jackson 5ive song), Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Asia), A&W (enter PD in Asia), Dune Messiah, Stellar Blade (enter PD in Malaysia), Ninja Gaiden (enter PD in Latin America)

2066: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Trumpet of The Swan, Duke The Lost Engine (Elements from this book will fall in the PD), M*A*S*H (movie), Patton, The Aristocats, Scrooge, Josie and the Pussycats (Show), Huddles?, Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline) (enter PD in India), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in India)

2067: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, ) The entire catalog of The Beatles, as well as sound recordings from January 1st 1957 to 14th February 1972, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, A Clockwork Orange (movie), Dirty Harry, The Exorcist (novel), Computer Space (the first video game), ), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in India), Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in India), Computer Space, Star Trek (first video game adaptation)

2068: Watership Down (Book), Tramway Engines (Elements from this book will be in the PD; by this point all "Railway Series" books written by Rev. W. Awdry will be in the PD), Final Fantasy VII (Enters PD in Japan), Strawberry Shortcake, Fritz the Cat (film), M*A*S*H (TV show), album The Godfather, Pink Flamingos, The Halloween Tree (Book), Sealab 2020, Pong, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home, Tails The fox from Sonic the hedgehog 2 (enter PD in Japan), Pong

2069: The Princess Bride, Carrie's War, I Know What You Did Last Summer (book), Heathcliff the Cat, Fantastic Planet, Heavy Traffic, Keep Yourshelf Alive Queen (album) Holland Besch Boys Album, Charlottes Web, The Exorcist (movie), Enter the Dragon, American Graffetti The Princess Bride (novel), Super Friends, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, (Steven Universe, Uncle Grandpa and Clarence enter PD in Canada), A Charlie Brow Thanksgiving, Robin Hood, (Disney Film) , SpongeBob SquarePants Family guy and Futurama (enter PD in Spain), Rocko's Modern Life (enter PD in Japan), First few songs from Kiss (band), Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in France), A&W (enter PD in France), The House with a Clock in Its Walls (novel), Tennis for Two (Willam Higginbotham died in 1994), Gotcha, Space Race

2070: Jaws (Book), The Rats (Book), Carrie (Book), The Worst Witch (Book), The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, Carrie (novel), Hong Kong Phooey, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Adventure time and Regular show ( enter PD in India), Five nights at Freddy's and Five nights at Freddy's 2 (enter PD in Canada), Blazzing Saddles, The Godfather Part II, ) Knuckles from Sonic the hedgehog 3 (enter PD in Japan), Goat Simulator (enter PD in Canada)

2071: Jaws (Movie), Wish Were You Here, A Night By The Opera Queen (Album) Shotgun (Book), The Peppermint Pig, Coonskin, Shame of the Jungle, Carrie (movie), Wonder Woman (TV series), CMaya the Honey Tree, The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series), Power Rangers (Super Sentai), The Amazing world of Gumball (enter PD in India), Saturday Night Live, Microsoft

2072: Roots (Book), Interview With the Vampire (Book), Carrie (Movie), The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Book, author died in 2001, who also wrote several Doctor Who serials. Life +70 Years), Kung Fu Fighting (the original song by Carl Douglas), Rocket Raccoon, Garfield, Once Upon a Girl, The Muppet Show, , Arthur's Nose (first Arthur book), Starship Troopers (1976 tabletop game), The Loud house (enter PD in Canada), Pokemon Red and Green (enter PD in Japan, Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline) (enter PD in Canada), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Canada), Children of Dune, Apple Inc, Star wars The Adventure of Luke Skywalker (novel)

2073: Star Wars (starring Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Rey, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, and other characters), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Pee-wee Herman, Heavy Metal (magazine), The Plague Dogs (novel), Wizards, Pinwheel, The Many Adventure’s of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, Petes Dragon, Saturday Night Fever, (Movie) and (Album) Rumors, (Album) Animals, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Movie), Steven universe Uncle Grandpa and Clarence (enter PD in India), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in Canada), Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in Canada)

2074: The Never Ending Story (Book), Within the Woods, Halloween, The Deer Hunter, (film) Grease, Superman: The Movie, , Afghan War, Space Invaders, The Misfits,

2075: The Brave Little Toaster (Book), The Castle of Cagilostro, Banjo the Woodpile Cat, Alien, Apocalypse Now, The Black Stallion, The Muppet Movie, First Nickelodeon broadcasts, Asteroids, The Dukes of Hazzard, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mad Max, SpongeBob, Family guy and Futurama (enter PD in Japan), Soviet-Afghan War, Stellar Blade (enter PD in Malaysia), Ninja Gaiden (enter PD in Russia, Another Concept of SpongeBob (1989)

2076: Cannibal Holocaust, Devil Hunter, Friday the 13th, Airplane!, The Empire Strikes Back, Pac-Man Christmas Evil, as know You Better Watch Out The Shinning, Murder of John Lennon

2077: Danger Mouse, Donkey Kong (arcade game), Monchhichis, SuperTed, Castle Wolfenstein, Friday the 13th Part 2, The Evil Dead, Jumanji (book), Care Bears, American Pop, Heavy Metal (movie), Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, The Fox and the Hound, The Smurfs (TV series), Cats (musical), Mario, First MTV broadcasts, Halloween II, God Emperor of Dune, Mad Max 2

2078: Flicky, Friday the 13th Part III, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Plague Dogs (movie), Hey Good Lookin', Tron, The Secret of NIMH, Pink Floyd the Wall Movie, Cheers TV show Mirage Fleetwood Mac (Album) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Only Yesterday (manga), E.T. Atari game, Donkey Kong Junior, The Last Unicorn (movie), First Channel 4 Broadcasts

2079: Rock & Rule, Fire and Ice, Nobunaga no Yabo, Dragon's Lair, The Final Cut (Album) Return of the Jedi, Mario Bros., First Disney Channel broadcasts, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV show), Mickeys Christmas Carol, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, A Christmas Story, Scarface (1983),

2080: Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats, Voltron, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Transformers, The Terminator, Ghostbusters, Purple Rain, The Karate Kid, Snorks, Kimage Orange Road (manga), Thomas and Friends, Dragon Ball, My Little Pony, Space Ace, Beyond Wolfenstein, T-Series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Heretics of Dune, Dune (1984)

2081: The Phantom of the Opera (musical), Super Mario Bros., ThunderCats, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Dr. Katz, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Blockbuster, First Nick at Nite broadcasts, The Care Bears Movie, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Back to the Future, The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Critter, Explorers, Journey Of Natty Gann, The Black Cauldron, Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird, Teen Wolf, Pound Puppies, The Polar Express (Book) If You Give A Mouse A Cookie (Book) Ghosts n Goblins, Chapterhouse: Dune, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Stellar Blade (enter PD in Canada), Hunt the Wumpus (Gregory Yob died in 2005), 10-Yard Fight

2082: Howl's Moving Castle (Book), Watchmen, Friday the 13th: Jason Lives, Metroid, Nobunaga's Ambition, The Great Mouse Detective Pixar Animation Studios, Luxo Jr, The Karate Kid Part II, Stand By Me, An American Tail, The Care Bears A New Generation, Dragon Ball (anime), Alf, Pound Puppies (cartoon), Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle (novel), The Legend of Zelda, Centurions, Top Gun, Mac Tonight

2083: The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars (Book), The Simpsons shorts, Street Fighter, The Princess Bride (movie), Full House TV Show, Kimagure Orange Road (anime), Reds Dream, Mega Man, A Momentary Lapse of Reason Firemen, Sam, Good Night (first Simpsons short), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 cartoon), Rob Roy (cartoon) Never Gonna Give You Up, Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader (1987 table top game)

2084: Ninja Gaiden (NES game and arcade game), Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Big Top Pee-wee, Big, (movie) Barney & the Backyard Gang, Friday the 13th: The New Blood, Child's Play, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tin Toy, Garfield and Friends, Splatterhouse, Nintendo Power, The Land Before Time, Oliver & Company, The Care Bears Nutcracker Suite, ) My Neighbor Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies (film), Fantastic Max, Starship Troopers (OVA), Count Duckula

2085: Final Fantasy (video game), Dilbert, Batman (movie), Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan, Felidae (novel), Knick Knack, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Bull Moose Music, The Little Mermaid, Kiki's Delivery Service, Whisper of the Heart (manga), The Simpsons (Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire), Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Caillou (Books) Captain N: The Game Master, The Legend of Zelda (cartoon), Dragon Ball Z, America's Funniest Home Videos, World Wide Web, SpongeBob SquarePants ( enter PD in Russia), United States invasion of Panama, Futurama (enter PD in Russia), Family Guy (enter PD in Russia), Inside Edition, Seinfeld, Stellar Blade (enter PD in China), OXO (Alexander Douglass died in 2010)

~~~~~~~ Life +70 Years take effect. All works listed were published after March 1, 1989 but the author is deceased or will be deceased ~~~~~~, unless it's corporate work.

2086: Mort (Book), Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, Shrek! (Book), Deadpool, Mr. Bean, Jurassic Park (novel), The Rescuers Down Under, Duck Tales the Movie Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Goodfellas, Cartoon All Stars to The Rescue, The Jetons Movie Home Alone, Super Mario World, Bobby's World, Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (cartoon), Rad Mobile (first ever appearance of Sonic), Gulf War, Gargoyle's Quest, The Simpsons, Tiny Toon Adventures, Gulf War, Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline) (enter PD in Spain), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Spain), The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island

2087: Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario World (cartoon), Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, Ninja Gaiden Shadow, Sailor Moon Rubert (TV Show) (manga), The Doors Movie, Rover Dangerfield (Movie) Duke Nukem, Rugrats, Shakes the Clown, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Bone, Beauty and the Beast, Fatal Fury, Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, Rock-a-Doodle, The Confront Zone, Album, The Black Album Metallica, Ll Boyz n the Hood, Only Yesterday (film), Doug, Darkwing Duck, First ever website (CERN), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in Spain), Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in Spain)

2088: Biker Mice From Mars, The first four Goosebumps books by R.L Stine, Rupert (TV Series based on the already PD character by Mary Tertal), Sailor Moon (anime), Barney & Friends, Kirby, Cool World, Bebe's Kids, Evil Toons, Lamp Chops Play Along, The Little Mermaid Animated Series, Batman Returns, Batman: The Animated Series, Splatterhouse 2, Spawn, Savage Dragon, Mortal Kombat, Art of Fighting, Wolfenstein 3D, Fish Police, Porco Rosso, First Cartoon Network broadcasts, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Whoopass Stew! (The original version of the Powerpuff Girls), Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, X-Men: The Animated Series, The Bodyguard, Ferngully The Last Rainforest, Home Alone 2 Lost in New York, Aladdin, Gargoyle's Quest II, M.C. Kids Noel, (1992)

2089: Night Of The Living Dummy (the 7th Book in the Goosebumps Series that introduced Slappy), Beavis and Butt-Head, Bonkers (TV show), The Moxy Show (first CGI cartoon), SWAT Kats, Doom, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Animaniacs, The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series), Get A Grip Aerosmith Album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We The Cranberries (Album) Sonic SATAM (TV Series), Living Single, Jurassic Park (movie), Mrs Doubtfire, Robin Hood Men in Tights, The Sandlot, Free Willy, Dennis the Menace (movie), Rookie of the Year, WWE Monday Night Raw, Hocus Pocus (movie), The Nightmare Before Christmas, Schindler's List (movie), Alive, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Splatterhouse 3, Hellboy, Samurai Shodown, Virtua Fighter, VeggieTales, The Halloween Tree (movie), Ocean Waves, Rocko's Modern Life, 2 Legends of the Hidden Tomole, Stupid Dogs, Power Rangers, We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story, The Critic, Marsupilami (Disney Series), The Bots Master, Warhammer 40k 2nd edition (tabletop game), SpongBob SquarePants Family Guy and Futurama (enter PD in Europe), McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure, Works by Steven Hillenburg ( Fall Into the PD countries with Life Plus 70 years)

2090: Gargoyles (TV Series), Friends, The Tick, Thumblina, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Pulp Fiction, The Crow, Nitemare 3D (game) The Division Bell, No Need To Aruge,l The Cranberries Album , Felidae (movie), Tekken, Darkstalkers, The King of Fighters, Rise of the Robots, Killer Instinct, Asuka 120%, Aladdin Animated Series, All That (TV Show) The Pagemaster, Friends TV Show, A Troll in Central Park, Warcraft, System Shock, Doom II, Marathon, Pom Poko, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, album) Dookie Green Day (album) The Busy World of Richard Scarry, The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, The Santa Clause; Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Final Fantasy VI, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Earthworm Jim, Reboot, Demon's Crest, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic and Knuckles, Donkey Kong Country Bonkers, Kikoriki (enter PD in Russia), Tekken, Playstation (original release)

2091: Berserk, Braveheart Cassino, Murder of Selena, Toy Story, Jumanji (movie), Jurassic Park (novel), Batman Forever, Wardrobe , Soul Edge, The Pebble and the Penguin, Zombie Raid, Whisper of the Heart (film), Chrono Trigger, What A Cartoon! (original versions of Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, PowerPuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, and Courage the Cowardly Dog as well as various pilots not picked up), The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid,v Selena Dreaming of You Album A Goofy Movie, Little Bear, Disney's Pocahontas, The Land Before Time III The Time of the Great Giving; Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, Jesus vs. Santa (South Park pilot), Newgrounds, Shnookums and Meat, Tekken 2, Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline) (enter PD in Japan), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Japan), Works by Chuck Jones ( Will fall into the PD countries with Life Plus 70 years)

2092: Pokemon (games/manga), Dead or Alive (video game), Works by Christopher Tolkien, Blue's Clues, Dexter's Laboratory, Super Mario 64, Resident Evil, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Twister, Marvel vs. Capcom, Duke Nukem 3D, Fargo, Hey Arnold!, Dancing Baby To the Faithful Departed The Cramberries (album) (the first meme on the Internet), Scream, Kenan and Kel, Steamed Hams, Arthur (TV show), Homestar Runner, Adventures From The Book of Virtues, Matilda. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Space Jam, The Land Before Time IV Journey Through The Mist The Preacher's Wife, Independence Day, Tomb Raider, Gex, Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Moonzy (enter PD in Russia), 5th pilot of SpongeBob (Spongeboy SquarePants) (1996), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in Japan), Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in Japan)

2093: Works by Raymond Briggs, Grand Theft Auto, Fallout, South Park, Oddworld, King of the Hill, Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone (novel), Daria, One Piece (manga), Princess Mononoke, Batman & Robin, Geri’s Game, Hercules, Men in Black Selena, , Good Will Hunting, Shiloh, Warner Bros (film) Boogie Jight fTomb Raider II, Good Burger Home Alone 3, Caillou, Monster Rancher, Dynasty Warriors, Atelier, Don Bluth's Anastasia, Diablo, Myth: The Fallen Lords, Titanic, Johnny Bravo, Bean (movie), SpongeBob SquarePants (Pilot, also in Europe in 2089, 70 years after Hillenberg's death in 2018), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Recess, Netflix, Final Fantasy VII ,Scream 2, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, Angry Beavers, Air Bud, Teletubbies, Pokemon (anime), Doom 64, Nesticle (first Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, there were IBM PC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum emulators prior though), ZSNES, BrainPOP!, Starship Troopers (1997 film), Starship Troopers (Pinball game), Nimrod, Sonic Christmas Blast (TV Special), SpongeBob SquarePants Help wanted (pilot) (1997), Tekken 3, Netflix, Bertie the Brain (Josef Kates died in 2018)

2094: Half-Life 1, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents shorts, Rolie Polie Olie, The Lion King II Simbas Pride, Pocahontas II Journey Into a New Wörld,Celebrity Deathmatch, The Wild Thornberrys, Air Bud Golden Retriever, Soulcalibur, Guilty Gear, StarCraft, Myth II: Soulblighter, Cats (1998), Elmo's World, Antz, Gex Enter the Gecko, Family Guy (Death Has a Shadow only), The Prince of Egypt, Mulan, CatDog, The Parent Trap [1998) Film) Antz, A Bug's Life, Tomb Raider III, Rugrats Search for Reptar, The Rugrats Movie, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Smalls Soliders, Mighty Joe Young, Warhammer 40k 3rd edition (tabletop game), That '70s Show, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel), Ninja Gaiden (enter PD in Mexico), The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, Google

2095: Futurama, Dead or Alive 2, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Happy Tree Friends, SpongeBob SquarePants (TV series, also in Europe in 2089, 70 years after Hillenberg's death in 2018), Courage the Cowardly Dog, ChuChu Rocket!, Digimon, One Piece (anime), The Matrix, Big Daddy, The Amazing Show, The Green Mile, Tomb Raider the Last Revelation, Gex Deep Cover Gecko SNK vs. Capcom, Super Smash Bros., System Shock 2, My Neighbours the Yamadas, WWE Smackdown!, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Bob the Builder, Team Fortress Classic, American Beauty, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Scream 3, Disney's Tarzan, Dream Street, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Toy Story 2, Stuart Little, Fantasia 2000, Mickey Mouse Works, Family Guy, Rocket Power, Disneys Tarzan PS1 Video Game, Mike Lu & Og, My Life as a Teenage Robot (pilot), Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, Sonic Underground (TV Series), ISIS, Toy Story and South Park (pilot) (enter PD in German), Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in Cuba), A&W (enter PD in Cuba), The Blair Witch Project, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Tekken Tag Tournament, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (novel), The Ant Bully (book), Stellar Blade (enter PD in Spain)

2096: Jackie Chan Adventures, X-Men Evolution, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Dora the Explorer, Sealab 2021, Air Bud World Pup, Dinosaur, The Emperors New Groove, Rugrats in Paris the Movie, Snow Day, Heavy Metal 2000, X-Men: Mutant How The Grinch Stole Christmas Academy, Titan A.E., Deus Ex, Hitman, 3–2–1 Penguins!, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Cry Baby Lane, The Road of El Dorado, Chicken Run, Joseph: King of Dreams, Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000), DeviantArt, The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire The Tigger Movie, American McGee’s Alice, As Told by Ginger, Sheep in the Big City, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, SpongeBob SquarePants season 2, Tomb Raider Chorncles, Disneys The Kid, Remember the Titans, Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy, Malcolm in the Middle, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Gilmore Girls, Frank Herbert's Dune, Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline) (enter PD in Latin America), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Latin America), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel), Thomas and the Magic Railroad

2097: Dead or Alive 3, Shrek (Movie), Samurai Jack, GameCube, The Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim, Monkeybone, For The Birds short, House of Mouse, Jak and Daxter, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Fatal Frame, Atlantis the Lost Empire, Lara Croft Tomb Raider Myth III: The Wolf Age, Spirited Away, Halo, Super Smash Bros Melee, Robot Chicken (pilot), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (movie), Grand Theft Auto III Grim and Evil, Pikmin, Monsters Inc., Popee the Performer, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Super Monkey Ball, The Brak Show, Ted the Caver, 9/11 attack, War on Terror, Iraq War, War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), The Book of Pooh, First Adult Swim broadcasts, SpongeBob SquarePants season 3, Grand Theft Auto and Fallout (enter PD in German) South Park and One Piece (manga) (enter PD in German), Tekken 4, The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze, Songs in A Minor Alicia Keys (Album) Osmosis Jones, Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone (movie), Bejeweled (game), Insaniquarium, Seven Seas (game), Alchemy (2001), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in Latin America), Smallville (show), Dead Boy Detectives (comic), Tesla, Uglydolls, The Cramp Twins, Wikipedia

2098: Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank, Codename: Kids Next Door, Kim Possible, The Tiger's Apprentice (Book), Animal Crossing (GameCube), Crank Yankers, Air Bud Seventh Inning Fetch, Return to Neverland, Return to Neverland PS1 Game, Eight Crazy Nights, Grand Theft Auto Vice City Jason X, Clone High, Greg the Bunny, Zathura (book), The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Super Mario Sunshine, Baby Looney Tunes Clockstoppers, The Cat Return, Mr. Bean: The Animated Series, Ice Age, A Walk To Remember (Movie) Lilo & Stitch, (Disney Film) Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626 PS2 Game, Hey Arnold the Movie, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay Album, The Hunchback of Notre Dame II , Stuart Little 2, Mr Deeds , Kingdom Hearts, Tuck Everlasting, (Disney Film) The Country Bears, Spider-Man, (film) Spider-Man, (video game, Treasure Planet The Wild Thornberrys Movie, The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Crazy Frog, Peppa Pig (pilot), Cyberchase, Ozzy & Drix, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie), Ninja Gaiden (enter PD in UK), Big Money!, Dynomite!, Mummy Maze, NingPo MahJong, Noah's Ark (PopCap game), TipTop, Atomica, Coraline (novel), Return to Never Land, SpaceX

2099: Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon, Sonic X, Freddy vs. Jason, The Animatrix, Danny Phantom (pilot and first few episodes), ' is Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Walking Dead (comic), The Jungle Book 2, Piglets Big Movie, Invincible (comic), Elf (movie), Electric Piper, The Lizzy McGuire Movie, Lara Croft Tomb Raider and the Cradle of Life, Brother Bear, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Teen Titans, Neighbours from Hell, Franny's Feet, Day of Defeat, House of 1000 Corpses, Finding Nemo, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Smosh (lost Flash cartoons), The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Evil Con Carne, My Life as a Teenage Robot, SpongeBob SquarePants and Family Guy (enter PD in German), Rugrats Go Wild, Cheaper by the Dozen (film)! Futurama and Half-Life: Opposing Force and Happy Tree Friends (enter PD in German) One Piece (anime) (enter PD in German), Arrested Development, The O.C., Wicked (Musical), Harry Potter and the Order of the Boundin, Phoenix (novel), The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration. The Haunted Mansion, The Diary of Alicia Keys, Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness, Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Tale of Despereaux (book), Bookworm (game), Rocket Mania!, Typer Shark!, Word Harmony, Zuma Looney Tunes Back on Action,

2100: 50 First Dates Dragon Booster, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Ninja Gaiden, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, O'Grady, Megas XLR, Drawn Together, American Idiot Green Day Album, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, American Idiot, Half-Life 2, Hair High, Doom 3, Team America: World Police, Howl's Moving Castle (movie), The Incredibles, Halo 2, World of Warcraft, Bonding The Backyardigans (also in Europe in 2095, 70 years after Burgess's death in 2095), Tbe Notebook (film) The Passion of the Christ, Spider-Man 2, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Scary Maze Geme, Kikoriki (enter PD in USA), Angry Video Game Nerd, Nintendo DS, Peppa Pig, Drake and Josh, Garfield: The Movie, Smile Dog, Danny Phantom (official premiere), Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, Mean Girls (Movie) Warhammer 40k 4th edition (tabletop game), K-fee AD (Yes, including the very advertisement where the Car was), Pinocchio 3000, Home on the Range. The Incredibles, The Polar Express, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Tekken 5, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie), Stellar Blade (enter PD in Japan), Bejeweled 2, Feeding Frenzy (game), Pixelus, AstroPop, Justice League Unlimited, Facebook

2101: Dead or Alive 4, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Robots, American Dad, Madagascar, Ninja Gaiden Black, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Hitch, Robots, Sin City, Ben 10, Corpse Bride, Robot Chicken, Twilight (novel), God of War, Squidbillies, Lucy the Daughter of the Devil, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Loonatics Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Unleashed, Hoodwinked!, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, F.E.A.R., Destroy All Humans!, Club Penguin, Me at the zoo (the first YouTube video), YouTube, Pocoyo, Johnny Test, Go Diego Go!, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Day of Defeat: Source, The Devil's Rejects, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (film) Starship Troopers: The Minatures Game, Starship Troopers: The Roleplaying Game, Starship Troopers (2005 video game), Chicken Little, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, My Name Is Earl, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Office, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, High in the Clouds, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (movie), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel), Nanny McPhee, Bonnie's Bookstore, Cosmic Bugs, Chuzzle, Heavy Weapon (game), Pizza Frenzy, RobotBoy

2102: Garry's Mod, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, DOA: Dead or Alive, Class of the Titans, The Pursuit of Happiness, Fred Figglehorn, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Roblox, Deck the Halls, The Departed, Blood Diamond, First Cartoonito broadcasts, Tales from Earthsea, Over the Hedge, Flushed Away, Moonzy (enter PD in USA), Wii, Wii Sports, Wonder Pets, Wow Wow Wubbzy, Gummy Bear, Rabbids, Click, Kingdom Hearts II Cars, Dancing Dave (the first video Cyrlak), Barnyard, The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti, Open Season, SpongeBob bootleg episode (spongecry .avi), Red Mist Squidward, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, 2 in the AM PM (original version for Regular Show), United 93, World Trade Center, Tomb Raider Legend, Kappa Mikey, Curious George (movie and series), Wii Play, early YouTube Poops, the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Russia), MonsterQuest, 30 Rock, Hunters of Dune, Lackadaisy, The Ant Bully (movie), Bookworm Adventures, Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown, Hammer Heads (game), Iggle Pop!, Talismania, Crunchyroll, Twitter

2103: Phineas and Ferb, Chowder, Bridge to Terabithia ( Disney film) SuperMarioLogan, iCarly, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Bioshock, Superjail!, Yo Gabba Gabba, The Simpsons Movie, Shaiya, SCP Foundation, Portal 1, Overlord (video game), Mr. Bean's Holiday, Halo 3, Shrek the Third, Bee Movie, Spider-Man 3, As I Am (album) The Simpsons Movie, The Game Plan. Go Animate, /Vyond, Total Drama Island, Irate Gamer, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Halloween (remake), S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Superbad, Surfs Up, August Rush, Ratatouille, Age of Chivalry (Half-Life 2 mod), Salad Fingers, Super Why!, WordGirl, WordWorld, Freedom Writhers, Meet The Robinsons, Back at the Barnyard, Pepe the Frog, Rickroll (internet meme), Paranormal State, Tekken 6, Sandworms of Dune, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (movie), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel), Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, The Last Mimzy, Peggle, Peggle Extreme, Venice (2007 game), Water Bugs (game), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in Russia), The Umbrella Academy (comic), Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in Russia) Alivin and the Chimpunks (movie), iPhone

2104: Gormiti, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Kung Fu Panda, Ninja Gaiden II, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, The Hunger Games, Yes Man (Film Twilight (movie), Killer Bean Forever, Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass, BlazBlue, Overlord: Raising Hell, WALL-E, Ponyo, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Lost Tapes, Hortan Hears A Who, Space Chimps, Bolt, Bedtime Stories, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Adventure Time (pilot), Nostalgia Critic, 1 Man 1 Jar (Shock video), Spore, D.I.P.R.I.P. Warmup, Left 4 Dead, Wolfenstein RPG, Mario Kart Wii, The Suite Life on Deck, American McGee's Grimm, Suicide Mouse, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Sid the Science Kid, Martha Speaks, Trollface, Dancing Banana, China, IL, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, Warhammer 40k 5th edition (tabletop game), Half-Life 2 (enter PD in German), The Life and Times of Tim, Peppa Pig (enter PD in German), Kikoriki (enter PD in German) Angry Video Game Nerd (enter PD in German), Smile Dog and Scary Maze Geme (enter PD in German), K-fee AD (enter PD in German), The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Nim's Island, The Tale of Despereaux (movie), The Wrestler, Bejeweled Twist, Peggle Nights, The Wizard's Pen, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Locke & Key (comic), Chop Sodiu Chooks

2105: League of Super Evil, James Cameron's Avatar, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Angry Birds, Doodle Jump, Machinarium, Catching Fire, Friday the 13th (reboot), Minecraft (first release), Archer, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Terminator Salvation, the rake, Candle Cove, Plants Vs Zombies, Overlord II, Overlord: Dark Legend, Overlord: Minions, Masha and the Bear, Annoying Orange, Michale Jackson’s Death This Is It Michale Jackson (Movie), Hotel For Dogs, The Princess and the Frog, Monsters vs. Aliens, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel , Total Drama Action, Cloudy With A Change of Chnage of Meatballs, Up, CountyBears, MEOW (the Cyrlak work), Left 4 Dead 2, Wolfenstein (2009), Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Dinosaur Train, Regular Show (pilot), First Disney XD broadcasts, Robot Chicken (enter PD in German), Ben 10 (enter PD in German), Me at the zoo and YouTube (enter PD in German), American Dad and Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (enter PD in German), The Haunted, River Monsters, Archer (show), The Middle, Parks and Recreation, Community (tv show), Masha and the Bear, Summer Wars, Borderlands (game), Batman: Arkham Asylum, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie), Bookworm Adventures: Volume 2, Gyromancer, Zuma's Revenge, Coraline (movie), Ninja Gaiden (enter PD in England), The Cleveland Show, Stellar Blade (enter PD in Latin America), Sweet Tooth (comic), The Othersiders

2106: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Cut The Rope, Cyboars (TV Miniseries), Dead or Alive Paradise, Regular Show, How to Train Your Dragon, Despicable Me, Tangled, Mockingjay, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Planet Sheen, Naughty Bear, Fruit Ninja, Splatterhouse (remake), The Walking Dead (TV show), Wii Party, Infinity Blade, 6996 (Russian DF), WWE NXT, Arrietty, Fred: The Movie, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Adventure Time, MAD (TV series), Shrek Forever After, Megamind, Fixiesi, Victorious, Kick Buttowski, Talking Tom, BFDI Battle For Dream Island, Toy Story 3, Cows & Cows & Cows (the Cyrlak work), Instergram , Dead Bart, Ben Drowned, Dogecoin, Garry's Mod and Gummy Bear (enter PD in German), Moonzy and Roblox (enter PD in German), SpongeBob bootleg episode and Red Mist Squidward, early YouTube Poops (enter PD in German), Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline) (enter PD in Europe), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in Europe), Tats TopVideos, Fatal Attractions (Animal Planet), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Bejeweled 3, Bejeweled Blitz, Zuma Blitz, Banana Bugs, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Young Justice, Hero: 108

2107: The Amazing World of Gumball, Jetpack Joyride, Dead or Alive Dimensions, Bob's Burgers, Portal 2, sonic exe, Duke Nukem Forever, From Up on Poppy Hill, Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred, Too Cute, DreamWorks Puss in Boots, MrBeast, Kung Fu Panda 2, Winnie the Pooh [2011], Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked , 21 Adele, Cupcakes (My Little Pony Fanwork), Extremely Loud Incredibly Close (movie), Talking Ben, Scream 4, Bubble Guppies, MrBeast, Cars 2, LIMBO, 3DS, Baaa (the Cyrlak work), Welcome to Kitty City (the Cyrlak work), Minecraft (official release), Mario.rom, Happy Appy, Nyan Cat, Sanic, Minecraft (official release), Portal 1 and Team Fortress 2 (enter PD in German), Pepe the Frog and Rickroll (internet meme) (enter PD in German), SCP Foundation and Salad Fingers (enter PD in German), Operation Neptune Spear, My Cat From Hell, Finding Bigfoot, Call of the Wildman, New Girl, 2 Broke Girls, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham City Lockdown, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Hop, Jake and the Never Land Pirates Happy Feet 2,

2108: Dead or Alive 5, Plague Inc, Slugterra, Ninja Gaiden 3, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, Gravity Falls, Hill Climb Racing, Subway Surfers, My Singing Monsters, V/H/S, Saga, Crash & Bernstein, Halo 4, Brave, Wreck it Ralph, (webcomic), Fred 3: Camp Fred, Fred: The Amazing Spider-Man, The Show, Marvin Marvin, Rise of the Guardians, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Slendytubbies 1, Lollipop Chainsaw, Girl on Fire album) Wii U, Ted, Life of Pie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, The Avengers, Skyfall, Starship Troopers: Invasion, Warhammer 40k 6th edition (tabletop game), Trollface and Dancing Banana (enter PD in German), Nostalgia Critic and 1 Man 1 Jar (enter PD in German), American McGee's Grimm (enter PD in German), Hotel Transylvania, Fantastic Adventures, Veep, Wolf Children, Borderlands 2, Bejeweled Legends, Solitaire Blitz, Brickleberry, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Villainous (original webisodes), Hungry Shark Evolution

2109: PAW Patrol, Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, Uncle Grandpa, Rick and Morty, Geometry Dash, V/H/S/2, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, Jupiter's Legacy, Injustice: Gods Among Us, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Steven Universe, The Croods, DreamWorks Turbo, Teen Titans Go!, My Talking Tom, Frozen, Monsters University, Felix the cat and Olive Oyl (enter PD in El Salvador), A&W (enter PD in El Salvador), blameitonjorge, Mountain Monsters, Monsters and Mysteries in America, The Goldbergs, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, Return to Nim's Island, Peggle 2, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Jupiter's Legacy (show), Cloudy With A Change of Meatballs 2, Flappy Bird, Cookie Clicker, Playstation 4

2110: Five Nights at Freddy's, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Miniforce, Sailor Moon Crystal, Henry Danger, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, Bojack Horseman, V/H/S: Viral, The Nut Job, When Marnie Was There (Movie), My Hero Academia (manga), Clarence, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, , How to Train Your Dragon 2, Tomodachi Life, Penguins of Madagascar, Goat Simulator, Slendytubbies 2, Octodad, Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Lego Movie, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Super Smash Bros. 4, Warhammer 40k 7th edition (tabletop game), Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (video game), Girl Meets World, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Peggle Blast, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Disney,s Big Hero 6, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures, Deadly Class (comic)

2111: Egyxos, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Pickle and Peanut, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Ted 2, Ant Man, Terminator Genisys, Undertale, 60 Seconds!, Overlord: Fellowship of Evil, Halo 5: Guardians, We Bare Bears, DreamWorks Home, Scream (TV show), BeamNG .drive, The Bad Guys (book series), Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer, Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, Five Nights at Freddy's 3, Five Nights at Freddy's 4, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Hotel Transylvania 2, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, ExtremeToys TV, DaddyOFive, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tekken 7, Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman: Arkham Knight, Batman: Arkham VR, Stellar Blade (enter PD in Russia), SuperMansion, Adam Ruins Everything Star Wars: The Force Awakens,

2112: Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, The Loud House, Sausage Party, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, SiREN, Tattletail, Overwatch, Zootopia, Storks, The Red Turtle, Warcraft (movie), Kung Fu Panda 3, The Secret Life of Pets, DreamWorks Trolls, Jeffy, My Hero Academia (anime), Hearts of Iron IV, Jeffy Megaton Rainfall, Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline), Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange , Clustertruck, Milo Murphy's Law, The Wild Robot (Book), Dog Man, Finding Dory, Moana, the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in USA), Sheep and Wolves, Overwatch, Batman: Arkham Underground, Deadpool (movie), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Bejeweled Stars, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, Dragon Quest Builders, Bordertown, Final Space, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Stranger Things, Funimation Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Max Steel, Tiktok

2113: Kingdom Force, Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation, Slime Rancher, 911 Operator (game), Spider-Man Homecoming, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Beauty and the Beast (2017) , Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Cuphead, Hello Neighbor, Nioh, Petscop, Cars 3, Coco, The Emoji Movie, Big Mouth, Super Mario Odyssey, The Boss Baby, OK KO!, Numberblocks, Slendytubbies 3, DreamNO .drive, Night in the Woods, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie, Kick the Buddy, Little Nightmares, Woody Woodpecker (movie), Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars, Warhammer 40k 8th edition (tabletop game), Sonic Boom (TV Series), Hotel Transylvania: The Series, My Big Fat Pet Makeover, Hollow Knight, The Breadwinner, Injustice 2, The Greatest Showman, Star Wars Forces of Destiny, the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in USA), The Jellies!, Jeff & Some Aliens, Castlevania (show), Marvel Future Avengers, Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in USA)

2114: Siren Head, Skyscraper, Early Man, Harvey Girls Forever, We Happy Few, 60 Parsecs!, Incredibles 2, Among Us, Christoper Robin, (movie) Bluey, My Talking Tom 2, TerminalMontage Something About series, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Remin (OC Christoper Robin, thebluefish/Opaline), Gacha Life, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Grinch, Bohemian Rhapsody (Movie) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Spiderman Into the Spiderverse, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Mary Poppins Returns, Star Wars Resistance, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, Deadpool 2, Smallfoot, The House with a Clock in Its Walls (movie), Disenchantment, Ballmastrz: 9009, Sweet Baby Inc., Rebel Inc.

2115: Dead or Alive 6, Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet, Primal, Amphibia, Joker (movie), Blue's Clues and You, Terminator: Dark Fate, The Backrooms, People Playground, Cats (2019), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Kingdom Hearts III, Wonder Park, Playing With Fire, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Dumbo (2019), Aladdin (2019) The Lion King (2019), Lady and The Tramp (2019), Frozen II Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Avengers Endgames, Spider-Man Far From Home, DreamWorks Abominable, Hazbin Hotel (pilot), 60 Seconds! Reatomized, 3 From Hell, Equestria at War (mod hearts of Iron IV), Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, Clifford the Big Red Dog (2019), Super Mario Maker 2, Toy Story 4, Infinity Train, Disney+, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Steven Universe: The Movie, Steven Universe Future, Avo! (lost geme), The Casagrandes, Weathering with You, Missing Link, Borderlands 3, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, Bless the Harts, Love Death + Robots, The Mandalorian, DC Super Hero Girls, Doom Patrol, The Umbrella Academy (show), Deadly Class (show), Uglydolls (movie),

2116: Solar Opposites, The Owl House, 112 Operator (game), The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Nioh 2, Untitled Goose Game, Cyberpunk 2077, Earwig and the Witch, HBO Max, Trolls World Tour, The Croods, Neighbours Back From Hell, My Talking Tom Friends, G String, Animal Crossing: New Horizions, Onward, Soul, Close Enough, It's Pony, We Bare Bears: The Movie, Among Us memes, Warhammer 40k 9th edition (tabletop game), Sonic The Hedgehog (2020 film), Marine (OC thebluefish/Opaline) (enter PD in German), the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka and Andrey (enter PD in German), Overwatch, The Loud House (enter PD in German), Xploshi, Wolfwalkers, Bejeweled Champions, SpongeBob SquarePants (enter PD in England), Duncanville, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Locke & Key (show), Tig n' Seek, Catch! Teenieping

2117: Come and Learn with Pibby (Learning with Pibby pilot), The Ghost and Molly McGee, The Barbarian and the Troll, Rugrats (2021) Spiderman No Way Home, Poppy Playtime, V/H/S/94, Invincible (TV show), Radiant Black, Stray Dogs, Halo Infinite, Arlo the Alligator Boy, I Heart Arlo, Inside Job, Spirit Untamed, The Boss Baby: Family Business, Vivo, Luca; Cruella, Raya and the Last Dragon; Jellystone!, Star Wars: Visions, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, Batman '89, Superman '78, Dune (2021), Belle (2021), Encanto, Injustice (movie), the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son (enter PD in German), The Great North, Teenage Euthanasia, Ninja Gaiden (enter PD in Norway), Ten Year Old Tom, Birdgirl, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Book of Boba Fett, Jupiter's Legacy (show), Sweet Tooth (show), Yara (OC Nastya Klimova) (enter PD in German), Villainous (series proper)

2118: Bendy and the Dark Revival, V/H/S/99, Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, Overwatch 2, The Cuphead Show!, Scream (2022), Iron Lung, Save Simbachka, The Fairly Odd Parents: Fairly Odder, The Bad Guys (movie), Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, Alphabet Lore, Turning Red, Lightyear, We Baby Bears, Avatar: The Way of Water, Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), Ohio memes, Caillou (Reboot), Starship Troopers: Terran Command, Sonic Prime (TV Series), Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022 Film), Pinocchio (2022, Disney Remake), Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Strange World, , Top Gun: Maverick, Farzar, Human Resources (show), Doomlands, Smiling Friends, Pantheon, Dragon Age: Absolution, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi (show)

2119: Wonka, Kids vs. Aliens, Spider-Man Across the Spiderverse, V/H/S/85, Good Burger 2, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Barbie (movie), Oppenheimer, The Boy and the Heron, Nimona (film), Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (based on a public domain character), M3GAN, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, The Amazing Digital Circus (pilot), Napoleon, Scream VI, Pizza Tower, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, Thr Little Mermaid 2023. Trolls Band Together, Elemental, Rock Paper Scissors (pilot), The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Kiff, Hailey's On It!, Grimace Shake, Wish, Toilet, Starship Troopers: Extermination, Warhammer 40k 10th edition (tabletop game), Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, My Adventures with Superman, That's '90s Show, Lackadaisy, Merry Little Batman, Hogwarts Legacy, Royal Crackers, Koala Man, Praise Petey, Krapopolis, Fired on Mars, Mulligan, Scavengers Reign, Unicorns: Warriors Eternal, Ahsoka (show)

2120: Rise of the Ronin, Hazbin Hotel (series), Toothless Dancing (based on How to Train Your Dragon), Rock Paper Scissors, Mickey's Mouse Trap (based on a public domain character), The Garfield Movie, Orion and the Dark, Kung Fu Panda 4, The Wild Robot (Movie), Inside Out 2, X-Men '97, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Stellar Blade, Infection Free Zone, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, Woody Woodpecker 2 (movie), Rock Paper Scissors, Infinite Craft, Ren and Stimpy Reboot, Knuckles (2024 TV Series), Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (2024 Film), No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie, World War III, The Acolyte, UKTV’s U Rebrand, Instation 88 (based on public domain character), Tekken 8, Batman: Caped Crusader, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Spellbound, Richard Curtis' That Christmas, IF (movie), Imaginary (movie), Civil War (2024), Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, The Tiger's Apprentice, Lisa Frankenstein, Despicable Me 4, The Fall Guy, The Wicked (2024), Borderlands (2024 Film), Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Batman: Arkham Shadow, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, Skull and Bones, Joker: Folie a Deux, Deadpool & Wolverine, South Park: Snow Day!, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, Star Wars Outlaws, Black Myth: Wukong, Another Crab's Treasure, Metal Slug Tactics, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Avowed, Thelma the Unicorn, The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, The Casagrandes Movie, Princess Peach: Showtime!, Grimsburg, Funko Fusion, Open Roads, Unicorn Overlord, Manor Lords, Balatro (game), Graven (game), Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Eyes of Wakanda, Agatha All Along, Dead Boy Detective (show)

2121: DreamWorks Dog Man, Oswald: Down the Rabbit Hole (based on a public domain character), The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, Avatar 3, Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble (based on public domain characters), Screamboat (based on public domain character), Motel Transylvania, Wildwood, The Wicked: Part Two, Minecraft (movie), Superman (2025), The Bad Guys 2, Plankton: The Movie, Patrick Star spin-off film, Super Kids (Book), Disney's Snow White (2025), Pinocchio: Unstrung

2122: Super Mario Bros Movie 2, Star Wars Trilogy 1, Aang: The Last Airbender, Toy Story 5, Winnie the Pooh blood and honey 3 (based on public domain character), Avengers: Doomsday, Moana live action adaptation, High in the Clouds (movie)

2123: Super Kids and the Evil Secret (Book), Minions 3

2125: Avatar 4, Star Wars Trilogy 2, Super Kids (Movie) Stellar Blade (enter PD in Germany)

2127: Avatar 5, Star Wars Trilogy 3

2211: 100 Years (movie)

*Status of everyone associated with the serials "An Unearthly Child" and the following serial "The Daleks Master Plan" in regards to the director, writer, dialogue editor and composer is that some people associated with the first two serials are alive. The broadcast rights to the First Doctor's serials have expired.

Basically, up until 2085, works published between 1923 and March 1, 1989, will fall in the Public Domain in the U.S, as the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act only apply to works before 1989. The year 2085 is the cut-off point for everything before 1989 to fall in the PD. From 2085, U.S Copyright laws will go from "95 Years after creation" to "Life +70 Years". Currently, works published after 1989 with likely PD dates:

Works by Christopher Tolkien will be in the PD in 2091 (However it depends on a few Co-Authored works and when the last person associated with the work dies; in that case, it's 70 years after the death of the co-creator)

For films released after March 1, 1989, the work will go into the PD 70 years after the last person who worked on the film dies, so The Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, won't enter the PD until 70 years after the last person associated with the film dies. As of 2022 only one stunt double that worked on The Hunger Games is deceased, the majority of the crew and the entire cast are alive (Justified in that half the cast was younger than 30 when the film was produced, considering they were playing the Tributes in the film). Catching Fire from 2013 has three deceased cast members; Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who played Plutarch Heavensbee in the film, died in 2014, Lynn Cohen, who portrayed Mags in the film, died in 2020 and Moses J Moseley, who played a District 11 resident, died earlier this year. The aforementioned Seymour Hoffman is the only cast member of the Mockingjay films who is deceased. The entire Harry Potter film series has, in the two decades since the first film was released, has had 22 cast members who are now deceased. As it falls under the co-creators rule, films released after March 1989 will instead fall under the "Life+ 70 Year Rule" in that the film will enter the PD 70 years after the last person that took part in the film dies (Whether as an Extra, cast or crew member). In other words, The Hunger Games film series and the Harry Potter film series will enter the PD between 2100 and 2200 at the earliest.

Outside of the U.S, all of J.R.R Tolkien's works will be in the PD in Canada in 2024; for countries with "Life +70 Years" it will be 2044 before The Hobbit enters the PD. Canada has "Life +50 Years" rule, which means the entirely of "The Chronicles of Narnia" are already in the PD! For those in the UK, "The Chronicles of Narnia" will enter the PD in 2034, while J.R.R. Tolkien's works will enter the PD in 2044. Incidentally, at the same time the book "Tramway Engines" enter the Public Domain in the U.S, The "Railway Series" books written by Rev. W. Awdry will enter the PD in the UK (Due to the "Life +70 Year" rule; the rule also includes the Calendar Year the author died. In this case, the period is from 1997 to 2067. On January 1st, 2068, authors that died in 1997 will enter the PD. However, this doesn't mean all the "Railway Series" books will go in the PD; the books written by Christopher Awdry will remain under Copyright in 2068; the earliest possible date the entire "Railway Series" books will be in the PD at the same time is 2091; again, it depends on when the author in question dies, so it could be between the final years of the 21st Century and the first decade of the 22nd Century, so anywhere between 2092 and 2110). The book "Howl's Moving Castle" was published in 1986, and the author, Diana Wynne Jones, died in 2011. Works published after March 1st, 1989 will enter the Public Domain seventy years after author's death, so the book "Howl's Moving Castle" will enter the PD in the US in 2082. "The Sonny Bono Copyright Act" only applies to works published before March 1, 1989.

For television networks, episodes of television series fall in the PD 95 years after first broadcast, so the first Simpsons episode will enter the PD in 2085 (FOX will lose the rights to The Simpsons in 2083, 95 years after the first shorts were broadcast).

Video games are another question mark, especially since the first video games took off in the 1970's (As most video games are created by corporations, it's 99 Years if owned by a single entity, 95 Years from date of publication or 120 years after creation if the work is "under corporate authorship")

In Japan, a work enters the PD 70 years after publication for corporate works (Basically to allow the original creators, their children and grandchildren to make money from the work), however, copyright is Life +50 Years for works published before 1989 (I expect The Lord of The Rings to get the manga treatment in 2024, considering there is a manga adaptation of "The Chronicles of Narnia")

One film which is the subject of controversy in terms of the Public Domain question is the 1964 "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" adaptation, with conflicting sources whether the film is in the PD or not. The story isn't PD until 2034, though, while the songs won't enter the PD until later on; the famous version of the song was recorded in 1949. The "Grey area" is due to a typo on the film's copyright list; the film's copyright notice was supposed to read MCMLXIV, which in Roman Numerals, reads "1964". Instead, the copyright notice reads MCLXIV, which is Roman Numerals for "1164" (The North Pole scenes in the film "Elf" is reminiscent of the 1964 special)

The television series "Doctor Who" is an unusual case. Even though the character of "The Doctor" is owned by the BBC, other characters, such as the Daleks, K9 and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, are owned by whoever created them; the estate of Terry Nation holds the copyright on the Daleks, K9 is owned by Bob Baker and Dave Martin while Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is owned by the estate of Mervyn Haisman. Basically, up until the Fifth Doctor, the writers held copyright on whichever character and concept introduced in the show. Copyright on film and television in the UK is Life +70 Years after the death of the last of the following: The Principal Director, the author of the screenplay, the author of the dialogue or the composer of the music specifically used in the production. The serial "The Aztecs" will enter the PD in 2083, as all relevant people (Principal Director, screenplay author, dialogue author and composer) are deceased; "The Time Meddler" and "The Daleks' Master Plan" has one name with a big question mark: Donald Tosh, and whether he wrote dialogue for the two serials; if he didn't, then "The Time Meddler" will enter the PD in 2057. "The Daleks' Master Plan" and "The Gunfighters" had Tristram Cary as composer. As he died in 2008, both serials will enter the PD in or around 2079. The Serial "The Smugglers" will enter the PD in 2068, as the director, Julia Smith, died in 1997. Why have I not mentioned "An Unearthly Child?" The director, Waris Hussein, may still be alive. There are a few serials written by Douglas Adams that still has the director, dialogue editor and composer alive; Adams died in 2001

Harry Potter, the Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games will fall in the PD sometime in the 22nd Century. In fact, I made this one of my major points in my essay.

Also, someone created a kind of stupid petition to in 1998, "Protect Mickey Mouse from the Public Domain", with those that signed claiming that "Disney Characters don't belong in the PD". In actual fact, most of Disney's films are based on stories already in the PD, and the characters created by Walt Disney are considered "Corporate Works". Characters created by Corporations are under after they are first introduced due to the "Corporate Works rule". In the copyright on the characters will expire, however, his trademarks will expire, and now, 100th anniversary of the only characters like Disney's Mickey Mouse in 2028, Popeye in 2029, Betty Boop in 2030, Looney Tunes in 2030, Disney's Snow White in 2037, DC's Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in 2038, 2039 and 2041, Thomas & Friends in 2045, Disney's Cinderella in 2050, Marvel's the Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man in both 2062, Doctor Who in 2063, Star Wars in 2077 and The Simpsons in 2087 or 2089.

Internet activism made another extension untenable

Dennis Karjala was a law professor who helped lead the doomed resistance to the 1998 extension. He passed away in 2017, but when I interviewed him in 2013, he told me that it was "basically the Gershwin family trust, grandchildren of Oscar Hammerstein, Disney, others of that ilk" who pushed for ever-longer copyright terms.

Most copyrighted works become commercially worthless within a decade or two. But a small minority of famous works from the 1920s and 1930s were still generating significant revenues in the 1990s. Retroactively extending copyright terms meant an enormous windfall for the companies and families that owned the copyrights.

"There was not a single argument that actually can stand up to any kind of reasonable analysis," Karjala said. But the public domain had few defenders. So even though the arguments for longer copyright terms weren't very strong, they won the day in Congress.

Until recently, I assumed that the same interest groups would try to extend copyright terms again in 2018. But the political climate for copyright legislation has changed radically over the last 20 years.

A year ago, Ars Technica broke the news that three of the nation's most powerful rights holder groups in the country, the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the Authors Guild, were not even going to try to pass legislation extending copyrights.

"It's not something we are pursuing," an RIAA spokesman told me.

The reason was simple, Grimmelmann argues: they knew they weren't going to win.

"There's now a well-organized, grassroots lobby against copyright expansion," Grimmelmann tells Ars. "There are large business interests now on the anti-expansion side. Also a wide popular movement that they can tie it into."

The rise of the Internet and its remix culture means that a lot of people now benefit from a growing public domain in ways that weren't true in 1998. That includes big companies like Google, but it also includes grassroots communities like Wikipedia editors and Reddit users. This emerging copyright reform coalition flexed its lobbying muscles in 2012 when it overwhelmingly defeated an Internet filtering bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act.

So if the usual suspects had pushed for another copyright extension, they would have had a serious fight on their hands. Digital rights groups, online activists, and lobbyists from big technology companies would have swarmed Capitol Hill, making the case against copyright extension. Evidently, major rights holders didn't have the stomach for another battle like that, is for not longer.

Of course, it's possible they could make another effort in the future. But such an effort would face long odds: today's opponents of copyright extensions are vastly better organized and better funded than the ragtag band that tried to stop the 1998 copyright extension.

Using public-domain characters could be a legal minefield

A company like Disney enjoys several layers of legal protection for a major character like Mickey Mouse. It owns the copyright to the original character. It owns the copyrights to subsequent versions of the character, which tend to be better known to modern audiences. And it also owns trademark rights.

The copyright for the original version of Mickey Mouse entered public domain in 2024, and now, Mickey Mouse will celebrating 100th anniversary in 2028.

Suppose, for example, that you wanted to create a new Mickey Mouse toy without authorization from Disney. You'll be free to do that, best from public domain in 2024 and 100th anniversary in 2028.

The Mickey Mouse character has evolved over the decades, Grimmelmann points out. And "modern Mickey is still protected," he says.

The most obvious example here is Mickey's white gloves. He didn't wear them in Steamboat Willie. So if you wanted to sell a Mickey toy with white gloves, you'd probably need to wait until 2025, when the copyright for the first Mickey short with white gloves, The Opry House, is scheduled to expire.

The early Mickey Mouse cartoons were black and white, so if you wanted to make a Mickey Mouse toy with modern colors, you'd have to carefully research when those colors first appeared.

Later changes to Mickey's appearance have been more subtle. But they may still be legally significant.

"I would expect Disney to be very careful to document similarities between the toys and any elements of Mickey still under copyright," Grimmelmann tells us. "It would be very easy to slip into more iconic Mickey toys without realizing it."

This is a line that third parties are already walking for the Sherlock Holmes series, which was published between 1887 and 1927. Most of the books are in the public domain, but the last few volumes are still under copyright. A few years ago, the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle tried to stop publication of a book based on the Sherlock Holmes character, arguing that the full complexity of the Holmes character wasn't revealed until later in the series. The Seventh Circuit appeals court rejected this argument, finding that people were free to create new Sherlock Holmes books as long as they didn't use elements of the Holmes canon that were introduced in books that were still under copyright.

The same legal issues will arise when other iconic characters—Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Hulk, Darth Vader, Ariel, Cinderella, Snow White, Mary Poppins, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Woody Woodpecker, and so forth—fall into the public domain over the next 20 years. In a few years, it'll be legal to create new creative works based on these characters, and possibly even to sell toys and other merchandise without authorization from the copyright holders.

But the original rightsholders will be looking over their shoulders. Anyone will be able to make new Batman cartoons after Batman public domain in 2035, but they'll have to be careful to only use elements from Batman's original incarnation, and in 2039, Batman comes up 100th anniversary. Anyone will be able Superman public domain in 2034, but they'll have to be careful to only use elements from Superman's original incarnation, and in 2038, Superman comes up 100th anniversary. Story lines, characters, and other elements that were released in later years will still be under copyright, so people will have to wait for those later editions of the series to expire before those elements will be free for anyone to use.

The famous 100th anniversaries - Communist Party of the Soviet Union 100th anniversary in 2012, World War I 100th anniversary in 2014, Raggedy Ann 100th anniversary in 2015, Felix the Cat 100th anniversary in 2019, Rupert Bear 100th anniversary in 2020, Winnie the Pooh 100th anniversary in 2026, Soviet Union 100th anniversary in 2022, Mickey Mouse 100th anniversary in 2028, Popeye the Sailor Man 100th anniversary in 2029, Betty Boop 100th & Looney Tunes both 100th anniversaries in 2030, King Kong 100th anniversary in 2033, Donald Duck 100th anniversary in 2034, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 100th anniversary in 2037, Superman 100th anniversary in 2038, The Wizard of Oz, Batman and World War II both 100th anniversaries in 2039, Bugs Bunny 100th anniversary in 2040, Tom and Jerry & Woody Woodpecker both 100th anniversaries in 2040, Wonder Woman 100th anniversary in 2041, Thomas & Friends 100th anniversary in 2045, Socialist Unity Party of Germany 100th anniversary in 2046, Cold War 100th anniversary in 2047, Noddy and East Germany both 100th anniversary in 2049, Cinderella, Peanuts and Korean War both 100th anniversaries in 2050, Vietnam War 100th Anniversary, The Smurfs 100th Anniversary in 2058, The Flintstones 100th anniversary in 2060, Hulk & Spider-Man both 100th anniversaries in 2062, Doctor Who 100th anniversary in 2063, Mary Poppins 100th anniversary in 2064, Star Trek 100th anniversary in 2066, Scooby-Doo & Sesame Street both 100th anniversaries in 2069, Star Wars 100th anniversary in 2077, Garfield 100th anniversary in 2076, Afghan War 100th anniversary in 2078, The Soviet-Afghan War 100th anniversary in 2079, Mario 100th anniversary in 2081 or 2085, The Simpsons 100th anniversary in 2087 or 2089, Ninja Gaiden 100th anniversary in 2088, The Little Mermaid 100th anniversary in 2089, Gulf War 100th anniversary in 2090, The Wiggles, Sonic the Hedgehog, & Rugrats 100th anniversaries in 2091, Bananas in Pyjamas, & Aladdin both 100th anniversaries in 2092, The Lion King 100th anniversary in 2094, Toy Story 100th anniversary in 2095, Pokemon, & Dead or Alive both 100th anniversaries in 2096, South Park & Grand Theft Auto both 100th anniversaries in 2097, Half-Life and Family Guy both 100th Anniversaries in 2098, ISIS and SpongeBob SquarePants 100th anniversary in 2099, Dead or Alive 3, 9/11 attack, War on Terror, Iraq War, War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Uglydoll and Shrek 100th anniversaries in 2101, Scary Maze Geme and K-fee AD both 100th anniversaries in 2104, SCP Foundation 100th anniversary in 2107, James Cameron's Avatar 100th anniversary in 2109, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic & Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill both 100th anniversaries in 2110, Operation Neptune Spear 100th anniversary in 2111, Frozen 100th anniversary in 2113, The Loud House & Marine & the first vine GAN_13_ & Svetka & Andrey 100th anniversaries in 2116, the first vine GAN_13_ about mother and son and Yara 100th anniversaries in 2117, Uglydoll (movie) 100th anniversary in 2119, Stellar Blade 100th anniversary in 2120, Pibby 100th anniversary in 2121, The Amazing Digital Circus and Krapopolis both 100th anniversaries in 2123, The Wicked (2024), The Wicked: Part Two, Infinite Craft, World War III, Princess Peach: Showtime, Grimsburg, Funko Fusion, Open Roads & Unicorn Overlord 100th anniversaries in 2124, Wildwood & Plankton: The Movie both 100th anniversaries in 2125, 100 Years (movie) in 2215, and Half-Life 3 in 198201216 respectfully.

I originally said that all works from 1923 are now in the public domain, but there are a few exceptions. The Music Modernization Act, passed earlier this year, gave a few years of added protection to early sound recordings. And works whose pre-1924 publication was not authorized by the author might still be under copyright if the first authorized publication occurred in 1924 or later. I also removed an inaccurate paragraph about term extensions in the 1976 Copyright Act.