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Works in the public domain in source countries but copyrighted in the USA

American non-acceptance of the rule of the shorter term may cause certain works to be considered copyrighted in the USA even if they are in the public domain in their source countries. If a work has been legally published in the USA and another jurisdiction, it is anyway subject to the USA copyright term even if the USA had accepted the rule of the shorter term.

Administrators: Whenever deleting works in the public domain in source countries but copyrighted in the USA, please list them below so they can be more easily submitted again once the USA accepts the rule of the shorter term.

  • Author:G. K. Chesterton:
    Four Faultless Felons has no record in the Stanford database, but contains copyrighted work: "The Ecstatic Thief" copyrighted 1929, renewed 1957, R188601, "The Moderate Murderer" and "The Honest Quack" both copyrighted 1929, renewed 1957. R188600. There's no renewal record of "The Loyal Traitor" in the Stanford database.
    The Poet and the Lunatics was copyrighted 1929 and renewed 1957 as well. (R198754)
    The Return of Don Quixote was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1954. (R140104)
    Tales of the Long Bow was copyrighted 1925 and renewed 1953. (R106659)
    The Scandal of Father Brown was copyrighted 1935 and renewed 1963. (R320553)
    The Secret of Father Brown was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1954. (R140552)
    The Incredulity of Father Brown was copyrighted 1926 and renewed 1953. (R114867)
    Robert Louis Stevenson (Chesterton) was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1958. (R145942)
    William Cobbett was copyrighted 1926 and renewed 1953. (R115345)
    The Outline of Sanity was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1955. (R145941)
    The Everlasting Man was copyrighted 1925 and renewed in 1953. (R106437)
  • Author:Arthur Conan Doyle:
    The Land of Mist was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R128774)
    The Disintegration Machine was copyrighted 1928 and renewed in 1956. (R177202)
    Ten of the twelve stories in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes remain under copyright in the United States:
    The Adventure of the Illustrious Client was copyrighted 1924 and renewed in 1952. (R92993)
    The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129373)
    The Adventure of the Three Gables was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129374)
    The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire was copyrighted 1923 and renewed in 1951. (R82151)
    The Adventure of the Three Garridebs was copyrighted 1924 and renewed in 1952. (R92992)
    The Adventure of the Creeping Man was copyrighted 1923 and renewed in 1950. (R65266)
    The Adventure of the Lion's Mane was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129372)
    The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger was copyrighted 1927 and renewed in 1955. (R149513)
    The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place was copyrighted 1927 and renewed in 1955. (R149513)
    The Adventure of the Retired Colourman was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129371)
  • Author:Rudyard Kipling:
    Banquet Night was published in 1926, and the copyright was renewed, according to the Stanford database, in 1953 (R117669)