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Originally Posted by mbovenka
How does that work? The book is from 1962 and Harrison died in 2012. I don't see how it can be in the American public domain, as Gutenberg claims.
(Ah. Forgot to renew the copyright in 1990, probably...)
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Exactly so. There's that weird period in USA copyright law from 1925 to 1963, where if the copyright wasn't renewed 28 years after registration, it's no longer in copyright in USA. From works from 1964 onwards, their copyright was given an extended renewal (1976 act) automatically (1992 act) which was then extended again (1998 act).
So most works published in 1963 will have fallen into the USA public domain on 1st January 1992, but no works published in 1964 will fall into the USA public domain until 1st January 2060. A difference in copyright length of 67 years!