The Internationale/Authors and works
The following table indexes various authors of The Internationale and which types of works they have made, with their copyright status noted regarding performing and respecting copyright. The index of source texts may be obtained from Multilingual Wikisource.
The copyright terms are until year end, unless otherwise noted below, such as French copyright expiration after wartime extensions.
| Author | Born | Died | Work | Year | Copyright status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pottier, Eugène | 1816 | 1887 | French lyrics (original) | 1871 | Public domain for death before more than 100 years, USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| De Geyter, Pierre | 1848 | 1932 | Melody | 1888 | Public domain where copyright is lifetime plus up to 91 years, including source country (France) since October 2017, USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Inapplicable | Inapplicable once French court disproved authorship | ||||
| Kerr, Charles Hope | 1860 | 1944 | English lyrics (USA version) | 1900 | Public domain where copyright is lifetime plus up to 79 years, USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Kots, Arkady Yakovlevich | 1872 | 1943 | Russian lyrics | 1902 | Public domain where copyright is lifetime plus up to 80 years, USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Qu Qiubai | 1899 | 1935 | Chinese lyrics | 1923 | Public domain where copyright is lifetime plus up to 88 years, USA public domain due to public domain in 1996 in source country (China) |
| National Revolutionary Army | NA | NA | Chinese lyrics | 1926 | Public domain where organizational copyright is publication plus up to 97 years, USA public domain due to public domain in 1996 in source country (China) |
| Xiao San | 1896 | 1983 | Chinese lyrics | 1923 | Copyrighted in source country (China) through 2033 (life + 50 years) |
| Shen Baoji | 1908 | 2002 | Chinese lyrics | 1957 | Copyrighted in source country (China) through 2052 (life + 50 years) |
| Bragg, Billy | 1957 | Living | English lyrics (modern British version) | 1990 | Copyrighted in source country (United Kingdom) and elsewhere with copyright permission not compatible with GFDL |
| Menander, Henrik | 1853 | 1917 | Swedish lyrics | 1902 | Public domain where copyright is lifetime plus up to 106 years, USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Macek, Antonín | 1872 | 1923 | Czech lyrics with Skalák | 1903 | Copyrighted in source country (Czech Republic) through 2038 (life + 70 years), USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Skalák, Josef | 1874 | 1968 | Czech lyrics with Macek | 1903 | Copyrighted in source country (Czech Republic) through 2038 (life + 70 years), USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Kringen, Olav | 1867 | 1951 | Norwegian lyrics | 1904 | Public domain where copyright is lifetime plus up to 72 years, including source country (Norway) since 2022, USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Kuusinen, Otto Wille | 1881 | 1964 | Finnish lyrics with Sirola and Wuolijoki | 1905 | Copyrighted in source country (Finland) through 2034 (life + 70 years), USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Sirola, Yrjö Elias | 1876 | 1936 | Finnish lyrics with Kuusinen and Wuolijoki | 1905 | Copyrighted in source country (Finland) through 2034 (life + 70 years), USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Wuolijoki, Sulo | 1881 | 1957 | Finnish lyrics with Kuusinen and Sirola | 1905 | Copyrighted in source country (Finland) through 2034 (life + 70 years), USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Luckhardt, Emil | 1880 | 1914 | German lyrics | 1910 | Public domain for death before more than 100 years, USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Komaki, Ōmi | 1894 | 1978 | Japanese lyrics | 1922 | Copyrighted in source country (Japan) through 2028 (life + 50 years), USA public domain due to pre-1923 publication |
| Thous Llorens, Maximilià | 1900 | 1957 | Catalan lyrics | 1922 | |
| Laursen, Hans | Danish lyrics | 1911 | |||
| Petersen, Carl Heinrich | 1915 | 1988 | Danish lyric (5th verse) | ||
| Varnalis, Kostas | 1884 | 1974 | Greek lyric |