For these three systems, newly entering the public domain today are: works by people who died in 1955, for countries with a copyright term of “life plus 70 years” (relevant in UK, most of the EU, and South America); works by people who died in 1975, for countries with a term of “life plus 50 years” (relevant to most of Africa and Asia); films and books (incl. artworks featured) published in 1929 (relevant solely to the United States).
Public Domain Review article highlights works entering the public domain in 2026, including books by William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, and Hermann Hesse.