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The main issue of copyright is the DISTRIBUTOR, publisher. Not the consumer. Rights holders may go after websites, shops, uploaders. In most countries they'd be idiots to go after the consumers because they might only get $1 per book damages and might even fail because if you are told it's public domain, or you buy pirated material in a legitimate physical shop, the onus is on the website or the shopkeeper, not the consumer.
Laws (criminal vs civil) and copyright terms vary by country. The USA magazine orphaned works in Public domain (some authors not dead or less than 50 years) rules wouldn't apply in other countries.
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