Ambitious Pa

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2010: the full term of registration LU2515 of 1914 by Biograph Co has run out.

Finding revision 3993cad4, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration LU2515 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1914-04-17
Claimant: Biograph Co
Class: LU — unpublished photoplay
Finding: copyright term began 1914-04-17; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since: 1 January 2010 (maximum 95-year term from 1914)

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The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 5779–5782.

  AMBITIOUS PA. © 1914.

    © Biograph Co.; title, descr. & 35 prints, 17Apr14; LU2515.

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