The Watch Dog

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2019: the full term of registration LU19044 of 1923 by Pathe Exchange, Inc has run out.

Finding revision 3cfb1057, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration LU19044 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1923-06-06
Claimant: Pathe Exchange, Inc
Author: Hal E. Roach, author
Class: LU — unpublished photoplay
Finding: copyright term began 1923-06-06; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since: 1 January 2019 (maximum 95-year term from 1923)

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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 262906–262910.

  THE WATCH DOG. © 1923.

    © Pathe Exchange, Inc. (Hal E. Roach, author); title, descr. & 20
    prints, 6Jun23; LU19044.

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