Fly-By-Night

Fly-by-night; based on a story by Ben Roberts and Sidney Sheldon.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2037: registration LP11246 of 1942 by Paramount Pictures, Inc was renewed (renewal on record); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2038.

Finding revision af52bf25, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration LP11246 Renewed

Term began: 1942-01-16
Claimant: Paramount pictures, inc.
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal filed (date unreadable) by Emka, division of Universal City Studios, Inc (digits+date; CCE 1969, OCR line 14534)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2038 (95 years from the 1942 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 (link: digits+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Emka, division of Universal City Studios, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: —
Original cited: 111246 / 16Jan42
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1969: Internet Archive catalogofc19693231213libr, OCR text line 14534

FLY BY NIGHT, a photoplay in eight 
reels by Paramount Pictures. 
© 16Jan42; 111246. Emka, division 
of Universal City Studios, Inc. 
(PWH); 3Feb69; Risso. 
FLYING FEVER, a motion picture 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 16333–16336.

Fly-by-night; based on a story by Ben 
Roberts and Sidney Sheldon. © Jan. 
16, 1942; L 11246; Paramount pic- 
tures, inc., New York. PLY WY |

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