2016 in public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that enter the public domain in 2016. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.
Authors entering the public domain.
Authors entering the public domain 70 years after death.
With the exception of Belarus, a work enters the public domain in Europe and Brazil 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2016.
Entering the public domain in the United States.
The Copyright Term Extension Act means no published works will enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019. Only unpublished works whose authors died in 1945 enter the public domain.