Ask Father

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2014: the full term of registration LU13149 of 1918 by Pathe Exchange, Inc has run out.

Finding revision 29ab765c, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration LU13149 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1918-12-17
Claimant: Pathe Exchange, Inc
Author: Rolin Film Co., author
Class: LU — unpublished photoplay
Finding: copyright term began 1918-12-17; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since: 1 January 2014 (maximum 95-year term from 1918)

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The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 9106–9110.

  ASK FATHER. Rolin Film Co. © 1918.

    © Pathe Exchange, Inc. (Rolin Film Co., author); title, descr. & 29
    prints, 17Dec18; LU13149.

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