{"canonical_url":"https://publicreel.org/film/2965","film_page_url":null,"answer":"Under US copyright until 31 December 2030: registration LP5458 of 1935 by The Vitaphone Corp was renewed (R298744); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2031.","revision_url":"https://publicreel.org/film/2965/evidence/0d9562aa","jurisdiction":"US","finding":"renewed","finding_label":"Renewed","finding_reason":"renewal R298744 filed 1962-07-25 by United Artists Associated, Inc (number+date; CCE 1962, OCR line 39315)","public_domain_from":"2031-01-01","finding_revision":"0d9562aa","finding_recorded":"2026-09-05 20:21:43.699877+00:00","review_status":"automated","title":"BILLY HILL","title_display":"Billy Hill","registration_year":1935,"release_year":null,"sources":[{"name":"Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951)","citation":"Project Gutenberg #51836","url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51836","lines":[18565,18570]}],"limitations":["A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.","The finding is about the US copyright record only; it is not legal advice and says nothing about other countries, underlying works, music, or a particular copy."],"entry":{"id":2965,"source":"pg51836","title":"BILLY HILL","header":"BILLY HILL. 1935. 1 reel, sd.","year":1935,"reels":1,"feet":null,"sound":true,"credits":"Director, Joseph Henabery.","notes":[],"line_start":18565,"line_end":18570,"source_text":"  BILLY HILL. 1935. 1 reel, sd.\n\n    Credits: Director, Joseph Henabery.\n\n    © The Vitaphone Corp.; 8Apr35; LP5458.\n","ia_items":[],"ia_lookup":[],"atlas":[],"picture":null},"registrations":[{"id":3000,"entry_id":2965,"reg_number":"LP5458","series":2,"see_also":[],"reg_class":"LP","published":true,"claimant":"The Vitaphone Corp","author":null,"deposit":null,"reg_date":"1935-04-08","part":null,"part_title":null,"source_line":18569,"raw":"© The Vitaphone Corp.; 8Apr35; LP5458.","flags":[],"status":"renewed","pd_date":"2031-01-01","reason":"renewal R298744 filed 1962-07-25 by United Artists Associated, Inc (number+date; CCE 1962, OCR line 39315)","match_kind":"number+date","match_confidence":"medium","title_similarity":0.20833333,"renewals":[{"id":253761,"volume_year":1962,"renewal_number":"R298744","title":"BILLY HILL, a photovlay in one reel by Vitaphone Corp","description":null,"orig_date":"1935-04-08","orig_date_raw":"8apr35","orig_number":"LP5458","orig_number_raw":"LP5458","orig_number_digits":5458,"renewal_claimant":"United Artists Associated, Inc","renewal_basis":"PWH","renewal_date":"1962-07-25","renewal_date_raw":"25Jul62","part":null,"part_title":null,"parent_title":null,"see_refs":[],"see_also":[],"flags":["no_description"],"source_file":"1962_catalogofcopyr3161213libr_djvu.txt","source_line":39315,"raw":"BILLY HILL, a photovlay in one reel by Vitaphone Corp. © 8apr35; LP5458. United Artists Associated, Inc. (PWH); 25Jul62; R298744","raw_sha":"2e9417ff61b1a9aa3dea2a0d635df5f7d44e2314","match_kind":"number+date","title_similarity":0.20833333,"ia_identifier":"catalogofcopyr3161213libr","kind":"cce","context":"10ct62; R3Z020435. \nBILLY HILL, a photovlay in one reel by \nVitaphone Corp. © 8apr35; LP5458. \nUnited Artists Associated, Inc. (PWH); \n25Jul62; R298744. \nTHE BIRD MAN, a motion picture in one ","llm":[]}],"window":[1962,1963],"window_volumes":[{"year":1962,"ia_identifier":"catalogofcopyr3161213libr"},{"year":1963,"ia_identifier":"catalogofcopyr3171213libr"},{"year":1964,"ia_identifier":"catalogofc19643181213libr"}]}]}