Books published in 1923, like
The Inimitable Jeeves and
Leave it to Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) have been in the U.S. public domain,
at least in Guam, for 11 hours and 22 minutes. So I think we can officially say that:
1. The deep state, or the powers that be, or whatever you want to call it, will not always extend copyright.
2. The U.S. continues to disrespect,
with duplicity, the Life + 50
Berne Convention, despite insisting that other
nations like Canada go to Life + 70.