Re: [gutvol-d] "Lady Chatterly's Lover" public domain in the U.S.?

Robert Cicconetti wrote:

Actually, that would 1928+95=2023, provided you find one of the first few printings. Sorry. Still not PD in the US for quite some time.

However, if one reads the link I provided previously, see: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/rananim/lawrence/lcl.html It says: "...As it was published privately [in 1928], no copyright was issued, so the novel was free game to any and all who wished to pirate their own editions, and the pirates could sell them for as much as possible." So, given this, is the original text public domain in the U.S.? If not, who is the "rights holder"? Jon