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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Fletcher Pratt died in 1956. In life+50 countries, all his books are in the public domain. In life+70 countries, they will be in the public domain on 1st January 2027.
In the USA, Well of the Unicorn was published in 1948, with copyright renewed in 1975, so it will be in the public domain in the USA on 1st January 2044. Only 25 years to go!
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Copyright law in the US is a bit more complex than that. Works that were originally copyrighted prior to 1978 are treated differently than works copyrighted after 1978.
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf
Basically, for books copyrighted prior to 1978, they are covered by an initial 28 year copyright period and if renewed, get an extra 47 years rather than the 1909 standard 28 years.