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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Because some short stories were first published in the US after 1922, and were properly renewed. They therefore have a 95-year copyright term. The last such short story was published in 1927. 1927+95 = 2022, so it'll come out of copyright on 1st January 2023 (since publication is deemed to happen on the last day of the year of publication)
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Thanks for the clarification. I had not realized that it was possible to have such a long copyright term.