Today the works of the following authors, among others, enter the public domain in the countries with a “70 years after the author’s death” rule (i.e. Europe and South America, except for Spain and Belarus):
- Narrative writing: Thomas Mann, James Agee
- Essay writing: Albert Einstein, José Ortega y Gasset, Dale Carnegie
- Visual arts: Fernand Léger, Yves Tanguy, Maurice Utrillo
- Music: George Enescu, Arthur Honegger, Charlie Parker