Public Reel

SCREEN SNAPSHOTS

Screen snapshots; series 22, nos. 1, 8,9.

Registration MP13521 (part 1) Renewed

Term began
1942-08-07
Claimant
Columbia pictures corp.
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R487875 filed 1970-06-19 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (number+year; CCE 1970, OCR line 45421)
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 R487875 (link: number+year, title similarity 0.03)

Renewal claimant
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1970-06-19
Original cited
M13521 / 7Augh2
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1970: Internet Archive catalogofc19703241213libr, OCR text line 45421
Series 22, 1942/43. 
1. © 7Augh2; M13521. 19Jun70; 
R487875. 
2. © 11Sep42; M3470. 24Aug70; 
R490036. 

Low confidence: the original date in this record is unreadable, so the link rests on the number and the renewal year.

Registration MP13523 (part 2) No renewal found

Term began
1942-08-07
Claimant
Columbia pictures corp.
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 MP13523.

Registration MP13529 (part 3) No renewal found

Term began
1942-08-07
Claimant
Columbia pictures corp.
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 MP13529.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1943, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig161libr (OCR text), lines 13500–13503.

Screen snapshots; series 22, nos. 1, 8,9. © Aug. 
7, 1942, Mar. 31, May 4, 1943; M 13521, 13523, 
13529; Columbia pictures corp., Hollywood, 
Calif. 2306-2308 

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