[bombastry]

In addition to its annoying layout, this site bizarrely decides to mix public domain works from the various different major copyright systems together (life + 50 years, life + 70 years, the old American system of 95 years). For example, Nabokov's first novel in Russian, Mary, is listed because it was published in 1926; he died in 1977 which means in virtually every non-American country, that work will still be copyrighted until 2028.

They also include Jim Morrison who died in 1971, whose death is only relevant to the countries still on the life + 50 years system. However, it seems like very few of the Doors' songs give just Morrison songwriting credit. This means that only a small handful of Doors songs will be in the public domain in those countries and most likely this will not apply to the recordings either.

For American readers, the best way to find out what will be entering the public domain is to go directly to the Wikipedia pages for the "1926 in literature"[1], "1926 in film"[2], etc.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_in_literature

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_in_film

[nbabitskiy]

Are there any countries that enforce copyright as much as the US do? I have no idea when a book legally enters public domain in Russia, since any book I can think of is a couple clicks away. Literally anything: Nabokov, Rowling, etc

Edit: come to think of it, it's pretty universal. Libgen and bookfi are not exactly Russian. There's probably little difference whether a book is public domain unless you want to make a movie.

[duskwuff]

> There's probably little difference whether a book is public domain unless you want to make a movie.

Or if you want to publish other works based on the book: a translation, a critical edition, a compilation, a graphic novel...

[cpach]

“ Are there any countries that enforce copyright as much as the US do?”

I’d say definitely yes. Most western countries are very similar in this regard.

[InvertedRhodium]

> Most western countries are very similar in this regard.

I suspect the Venn diagram of countries with similar copyright terms, and countries with trade agreements requiring them to have similar copyright terms, would overlap almost 100%.