Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiian Orchestra

Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiian orchestra.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2040: registration MP15671 of 1945 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc was renewed (R539217); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2041.

Finding revision dd6102ef, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration MP15671 Renewed

Term began: 1945-02-26
Claimant: Warner bros. pictures, inc.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R539217 filed 1972-11-06 by United Artists Television, Inc (number+date; CCE 1972, OCR line 55450)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2041 (95 years from the 1945 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 R539217 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: United Artists Television, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1972-11-06
Original cited: M15671 / 26Feb45
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1972: Internet Archive catalogofc19723261213libr, OCR text line 55450

HARRY OWENS AND HIS ROYAL HAWAIIAN 
ORCHESTRA, a motion picture in 1 reel 
by Warner Bros. Piatures. © 26Feb45; 
M15671. United Artists Television, 
Inc. (PWH); 6Nov72; R539217. 
HENRY V. See

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1945, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig181libr (OCR text), lines 8135–8137.

Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiian orchestra. © 
Feb. 26, 1945; M 15671; Warner bros. pictures, 
inc., New York. 1366

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