How did Winnie-the-Pooh enter public american public domain if its a book published in the UK?

Question

Winnie-the-Pooh entered public domain in the USA, but how is it possible when the book wasn’t even in the USA?

Does that mean the USA puts any book from the world in their public domain as long as it has been more than 90 years? Do USA law can really have that power across other jurisdictions?

Like if a country has a law protecting their books for more than 100 years, seem unfair that America can suddenly break that copyright.

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Laws only apply to where there is jurisdiction. This is true with every law, copyright is no different.

The copyright laws of the USA only apply to entities in the USA, just as those of any other country would apply to their respective countries.