united-states copyright
Selling public domain ebook, how to avoid copyright infringement in the US?
<p>I made an ebook from a 1936 publication (country of origin: UK) and preparing to sell it on my website with the help of a credit card processor. The book is under copyright in the United States but public domain almost everywhere else. I am not a US citizen, not located in the US, and not doing business through a US legal entity.</p>

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<li>Is there a standard course of action in this situation to avoid copyright infringement?</li>
<li>What determines copyright infringement here, the buyer's US citizenship or the buyer's country of residence?</li>
<li>Am I responsible for verifying the buyer's US citizenship/residence and if so, what are the minimal requirements? Would it be enough to simply ask the buyer to select from a dropdown of whitelisted countries before placing the order?</li>
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<h2>You can’t</h2>

<p>Assuming the book is still under copyright in the USA (which is by no means certain) and the USA is the “country of origin” under the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Berne Convention</a> then it is still under copyright in most signatory countries.</p>
