Honolulu Lu

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2036: registration LP10996 of 1941 by Columbia Pictures Corp was renewed (R471870); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2037.

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Registration LP10996 Renewed

Term began: 1941-12-11
Claimant: Columbia pictures corp.
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R471870 filed 1969-11-04 by L1L0996. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (date+title; CCE 1969, OCR line 40346)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2037 (95 years from the 1941 publication)

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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 R471870 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: L1L0996. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1969-11-04
Original cited: None / 11Dec41
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1969: Internet Archive catalogofc19693231213libr, OCR text line 40346

Inc. (PWH); 12Dec69; R474244. 
HONOLULU LU, a photoplay in 7 reels by 
Columbia Pictures Corp. © 11Dec41; 
L1L0996. Columbia Pictures Industries, 
Inc. (PWH); 4Nov69; R471870. 
HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL, a photoplay in 1

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1942, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig15libr (OCR text), lines 3145–3146.

Honolulu Lu. © Dec. 11, 1941; L 10996; Columbia 
pictures corp., Hollywood, Calif. 438

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