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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Here's what Project Gutenberg Canada has to say about that:
It would be an enormous and impractical job for Project Gutenberg Canada to figure out what is under copyright in which country and geo-block accordingly. So they don't.
This year, compliance is fairly easy for the American Project Gutenberg site because they are only facing one lawsuit, and little on their site isn't public domain almost everywhere. That changes next January when the US starts having an annual public domain day with unique rules leading to many books becoming public domain in the US last, while others go to US public domain first.
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They already have danger of lawsuit from say HarperCollins as you cited in an earlier example.
Agatha Christie (died 1976)
Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
The Secret Adversary (1922)
Both of those are available on Project Gutenberg US.
Other authors & books on Project Gutenberg that a European publisher can sue over:
Georgette Heyer (died 1974)
The Black Moth (1921)
Aldous Huxley (died 1963)
Chrome Yellow (1921).
Next year, 1 Christie(Murder on the Links), 3 Heyer (The Great Roxhythe; Transformation of Philip Jettan/Powder & Patch; Instead of the Thorn) & 1 Huxley (Antic Hay) become public domain in the U.S.