SERIES 9, NO

Registration MP16508 (part 1) No renewal found

Term began: 1945-07-19
Claimant: Series 9, no. 18
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1972-1974 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1974 (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 1972 or 1973 volume; volumes searched: 1972, 1973, 1974.

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 MP16508.

Registration MP16509 (part 2) Renewed

Term began: 1945-07-26
Claimant: Series 9, no. 18
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R534311 filed (date unreadable) by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (number+year; CCE 1972, OCR line 54868)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2041 (95 years from the 1945 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 R534311 (link: number+year, title similarity 0.12)

Renewal claimant: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: J4Aug72
Original cited: M16509 / 263u145
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1972: Internet Archive catalogofc19723261213libr, OCR text line 54868

10. © 19gultss mi6508. 14Aug72; 
R5343510. 
11. © 263u145; M16509. J4Aug72; 
R534311. 
12. © 30ct45; M16510, 
R538555. 
13. © 28May45; M16470. 
R536967.

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

Registration MP16510 (part 3) Renewed

Term began: 1945-10-03
Claimant: Series 9, no. 18
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R538555 filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (number+date; CCE 1972, OCR line 54870)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2041 (95 years from the 1945 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 R538555 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.12)

Renewal claimant: —
Renewal date: —
Original cited: M16510 / 30ct45
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1972: Internet Archive catalogofc19723261213libr, OCR text line 54870

R5343510. 
11. © 263u145; M16509. J4Aug72; 
R534311. 
12. © 30ct45; M16510, 
R538555. 
13. © 28May45; M16470. 
R536967. 
Series 10, 1945/46. 
1. © 20Sep45; M16511.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1945, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig181libr (OCR text), lines 35925–35929.

Series 9, nos. 10-12. © July 19, 
26, Oct. 3, 1945; M 16508-16510. 


Series 9, no. 18. © May 28, 1945;

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