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Originally Posted by TimW
In the US, if the book was published after 1923, there's no way a free (legitimate) copy could be found on Archive.org. Since Fleming published no books before 1923, all of his books are definitely out-of-bounds. UK is Life+70? Since Fleming died 51 years ago, does that mean his works would enter the public domain in 19 years?
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Ian Fleming's books are (as of this year) in the "Life+50" public domain (eg they're now in the public domain in Canada). As you rightly say, they will enter the public domain in countries with a "life+70" copyright law in another 19 years.