Public Reel

DARK COMMAND

Dark command; based on the novel by W. R. Burnett.

Registration LP9580 Renewed

Term began
1940-04-15
Claimant
Republic pictures corp.
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R423837 filed (date unreadable) by Repix, Inc., wholly owned Subsidiary of National Telefilm Assoctstes, Inc (number+title; CCE 1967, OCR line 38351)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2036 (95 years from the 1940 publication)

A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.

Renewal R423837 (link: number+title, title similarity 0.22)

Renewal claimant
Repix, Inc., wholly owned Subsidiary of National Telefilm Assoctstes, Inc (PH)
Renewal date
8Déc67
Original cited
L9580 / 15Aprio
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1967: Internet Archive catalogofc19673211213libr, OCR text line 38351
R413288. 
DARK COMMAND, a Photoplay in ten reels 
by Republic Productions. © 15Aprio; 
L9580. Repix, Inc., wholly owned 
Subsidiary of National Telefilm Assoc- 
tstes, Inc. (PH); 8Déc67; R423837. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1940, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig131libr (OCR text), lines 21393–21396.

Dark command; based on the novel by 
W. R. Burnett. © Apr. 15, 1940; L 
9580; Republic pictures corp., New 
York. 3330 

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