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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Along the same lines, good luck finding a free electronic copy of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" in the US. It's quite thoroughly in the public domain, but the Mitchell Estate takes legal action against anyone trying to post one.
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No, it's not in either the US or the "life+70" public domain, although it is in the public domain in countries such as Canada with a "life+50" copyright term. It will enter the "life+70" public domain on 1st Jan 2020, but will remain protected by copyright in the US for a long time to come. The Mitchell Estate are perfectly correct to take legal action against anyone attempting to make it available in the US!