Black Magic

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2020: the full term of registration MU2746 of 1924 by Pathe Exchange, Inc has run out.

Finding revision b0f7e84f, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration MU2746 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1924-10-29
Claimant: Pathe Exchange, Inc
Author: Paul Terry, author
Class: MU — unpublished motion picture other than a photoplay
Finding: copyright term began 1924-10-29; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since: 1 January 2020 (maximum 95-year term from 1924)

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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 19650–19654.

  BLACK MAGIC. © 1924.

    © Pathe Exchange, Inc. (Paul Terry, author); title, descr. & 16
    prints, 29Oct24; MU2746.

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