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Originally Posted by Abzeronow
They already have danger of lawsuit from say HarperCollins as you cited in an earlier example.
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Without thinking it through, I thought that somehow pre-1923 English language books weren't an issue. But I can see you are correct on titles published in the UK before the US. Wikipedia certainly agrees with you:
The Secret Adversary
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The Secret Adversary is one of only two of Christie's books that are in the public domain in the US (the other being The Mysterious Affair at Styles). The copyright on the book will not expire in many other Western countries until 2047.
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So, I compliment the British on their restraint while (mildly) condemning the Germans.