UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., INC., NEW YORK

Registration MP13249 (part 1) No renewal found

Term began: 1942-12-22
Claimant: Movietonews, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1969-1971 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1971 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1969 or 1970 volume; volumes searched: 1969, 1970, 1971.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP13249.

Registration MP13250 (part 2) No renewal found

Term began: 1942-12-22
Claimant: Movietonews, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1969-1971 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1971 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1969 or 1970 volume; volumes searched: 1969, 1970, 1971.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP13250.

Registration MP13251 (part 3) No renewal found

Term began: 1942-12-22
Claimant: Movietonews, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1969-1971 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1971 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1969 or 1970 volume; volumes searched: 1969, 1970, 1971.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP13251.

Registration MP13252 (part 4) No renewal found

Term began: 1942-12-22
Claimant: Movietonews, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1969-1971 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1971 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1969 or 1970 volume; volumes searched: 1969, 1970, 1971.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP13252.

Registration MP13253 (part 5) No renewal found

Term began: 1942-12-22
Claimant: Movietonews, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1969-1971 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1971 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1969 or 1970 volume; volumes searched: 1969, 1970, 1971.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP13253.

Registration MP13254 (part 6) No renewal found

Term began: 1942-12-22
Claimant: Movietonews, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1969-1971 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1971 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1969 or 1970 volume; volumes searched: 1969, 1970, 1971.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP13254.

Registration MP13255 (part 7) Renewed

Term began: 1942-12-22
Claimant: Movietonews, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R513463 filed 1971-09-23 by Universal Pictures (number~1+title; CCE 1971, OCR line 59077)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2038 (95 years from the 1942 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 R513463 (link: number~1+title, title similarity 0.57)

Renewal claimant: Universal Pictures (PWH)
Renewal date: 1971-09-23
Original cited: M15255 / 18Augh4
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1971: Internet Archive catalogofc19713251213libr, OCR text line 59077

319. © 15Aug44; M15179. 23Sep71; 
R513455. 
320. © 17Aug44; MI15180. 23Sep71; 
R513456. 
520. © 18Augh4; M15255. 23Sep71; 
R513463. 
321. © 22Aughh; MI5181. 23Sep71; 
R513457. 
Zell. © 2lAugh4; M15254. 235Sep71; 
R513464.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1943, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig161libr (OCR text), lines 5138–5140.

Movietone news; v. 25, nos, 31-37. © Dec. 22, 24, 
29, 31, 1942, Jan. 5, 7, 12, 1943; M 13249-13255; 
Movietonews, inc., New York. 809-815

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