NEWS OF THE DAY

News of the day; v. 15, nos, 215-222.

Registration MP14242 (part 1) No renewal found

Term began: 1943-11-03
Claimant: Hearst metrotone news, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1970-1972 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1972 (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 1970 or 1971 volume; volumes searched: 1970, 1971, 1972.

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 MP14242.

Registration MP14243 (part 2) No renewal found

Term began: 1943-11-05
Claimant: Hearst metrotone news, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1970-1972 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1972 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1970 or 1971 volume; volumes searched: 1970, 1971, 1972.

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 MP14243.

Registration MP14262 (part 3) No renewal found

Term began: 1943-11-10
Claimant: Hearst metrotone news, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1970-1972 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1972 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1970 or 1971 volume; volumes searched: 1970, 1971, 1972.

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 MP14262.

Registration MP14263 (part 4) No renewal found

Term began: 1943-11-12
Claimant: Hearst metrotone news, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1970-1972 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1972 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1970 or 1971 volume; volumes searched: 1970, 1971, 1972.

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 MP14263.

Registration MP14285 (part 5) Renewed

Term began: 1943-11-17
Claimant: Hearst metrotone news, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R499131 filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (number+date; CCE 1971, OCR line 24237)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2039 (95 years from the 1943 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 R499131 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.00)

Renewal claimant: —
Renewal date: —
Original cited: M14285 / 17Nov43
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1971: Internet Archive catalogofc19713251213libr, OCR text line 24237

218. © 12Nov45; m142e63. 
R499130. 
219. © 17Nov43; M14285. 
R499131. 
ap. LONov43; M14286. 
R499132.

Registration MP14286 (part 6) Renewed

Term began: 1943-11-19
Claimant: Hearst metrotone news, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R499132 filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (number+year; CCE 1971, OCR line 24240)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2039 (95 years from the 1943 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 R499132 (link: number+year, title similarity 0.00)

Renewal claimant: —
Renewal date: —
Original cited: M14286 / None
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1971: Internet Archive catalogofc19713251213libr, OCR text line 24240

219. © 17Nov43; M14285. 
R499131. 
ap. LONov43; M14286. 
R499132. 
221. © 24Nov45; Mitegg. 
R499133.

Low confidence. This number was found loose in a stretch of OCR where two printed columns are interleaved, so its own © date clause could not be read; the link rests on the number and the renewal year alone. Read the page image before relying on it.

Registration MP14299 (part 7) No renewal found

Term began: 1943-11-24
Claimant: Hearst metrotone news, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1970-1972 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1972 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1970 or 1971 volume; volumes searched: 1970, 1971, 1972.

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 MP14299.

Registration MP14300 (part 8) No renewal found

Term began: 1943-11-26
Claimant: Hearst metrotone news, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1970-1972 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1972 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1970 or 1971 volume; volumes searched: 1970, 1971, 1972.

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 MP14300.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1943, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig161libr (OCR text), lines 31731–31736.

News of the day; v. 15, nos, 215-222. © Nov. 3, 5, 
10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, 1943; M 14242, 14243, 
14262, 14263, 14285, 14286, 14299, 14300; 


Hearst metrotone news, inc., New York.

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