Thread: Help to determine is a book is in public domain
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Old 10-28-2019, 02:23 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by RbnJrg View Post
Hi friends:

I am really confused; this book in archive.org appears as in public domain (even for commercial purpose!, see the licence):

https://archive.org/details/AlBakersBookTwo

But the author died in 1951, so the rule "life + 70" is not present. Then, how can it be possible that the book is in public domain in USA (is it)?

Thanks in advance.
It was written in 1935, so it might be one of those books whose copyright was not renewed.
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