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Originally Posted by crich70
Are any of her books actually in PD? She only died in 2005. granted some of her books were written in the 30's but are some of them in the clear due to the old copyright laws?
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Yes.
Until a few decades ago, copyright needed to be renewed regularly. Some books got renewed and some didn't. The ones that didn't are in the public domain in the US, regardless of author age.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright is your friend. Also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...pyright_length
PG does their own research. They wouldn't be up at PG if not. I'm not sure why you think I'd link to a pirate site, dude.