The Altar of the Aztecs

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2009: the full term of registration LU316 of 1913 by Selig Polyscope Co has run out.

Finding revision 27bb6c23, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration LU316 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1913-01-22
Claimant: Selig Polyscope Co
Author: J. C. Cowles, author
Class: LU — unpublished photoplay
Finding: copyright term began 1913-01-22; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since: 1 January 2009 (maximum 95-year term from 1913)

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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 5407–5411.

  THE ALTAR OF THE AZTECS. © 1913.

    © Selig Polyscope Co. (J. C. Cowles, author); title, descr. & 36
    prints, 22Jan13; LU316.

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