The small sections that were added for the first time in 19 will likely enjoy copyright protection until 1 January 2051 and 1 January 2059, respectively. (**) The 2040 date applies to the parts of Stephen Hero that were published in 1944. While this FAQ takes no position on the issue, the expiration dates above are offered with this qualification in mind. (*) Over the years, questions have been raised as to whether, or to what extent, the 19 Random House editions of Ulysses enjoy copyright protection in the U.S. The following is a non-exhaustive list of examples: Pomes Penyeach (1927) Q: According to present copyright terms, when will Joyce’s still-copyrighted published works enter the public domain under various copyright regimes?įor works published between 1923 and the end of 1977, 95 years after the year of first publication (provided that for editions published in the U.S., the work was published with a copyright notice and copyright in works published between 1923 and the end of 1963 was renewed). Joyce’s lifetime-published works will remain in copyright there until the end of 2021.Īll editions of Joyce’s works published during his lifetime are in the public domain.
An exception appears to be Spain, which has a copyright term of the author’s life plus 80 years. Unfortunately, judicial decisions have not yet dealt with the legislative change in this particular context, and so this cannot be stated with certainty at this point.Įuropean Union, United Kingdom, Republic of IrelandĪll editions of Joyce’s works published during his lifetime are in the public domain in these countries. copyright law, these works are most likely also in the public domain in the U.S. According to most commentators and in light of a recent legislative change to U.S. without a copyright notice is more complex. The situation with respect to works published prior to 1923 outside of the U.S. (See Robert Spoo, “Copyright Protectionism and Its Discontents: The Case of James Joyce’s Ulysses in America,” Yale Law Journal, vol. copyright law as it existed in 1922, the 1922 Paris first edition of Ulysses is arguably in the public domain in the U.S. For that reason, and for additional reasons connected with U.S. In addition, works published prior to 1923 outside of the U.S., and bearing a copyright notice, are now in the public domain in the U.S. first editions of Chamber Music, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Exiles also, the episodes of Ulysses as published in the Little Review). Material published in the United States before 1923 (U.S. Q: Which of Joyce’s works are in the public domain under which copyright regimes?