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In some cases, a film's copyright has lapsed because of non-renewal while the underlying literary or dramatic source is still protected by copyright; for example, the film His Girl Friday (1940) became a public domain film in 1969 because it was not renewed, but it is based on the 1928 play The Front Page; as a practical matter, the film could ...
The following is a list of animated films in the public domain in the United States for which there is a source to verify its status as public domain under the terms of U.S. copyright law. For more information, see List of films in the public domain in the United States. Films published before 1930 are not included because all such films are in ...
With the exception of maps, music, and movies, the vast majority of works published in the United States before 1964 were never renewed for a second copyright term. [28] Works "prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. government as part of that person's official duties" are automatically in the public domain by law. [29]
That depiction of Mickey is now copyright-free; the ur-Mickey depicted in the Walt Disney short "Steamboat Willie" entered the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024, but later depictions such as the white ...
In the course of changes made to both U.S. domestic law and international copyright agreements in the last two decades, some works which had fallen in the public domain had copyright restored in the U.S, and many others had new copyright protections placed on them for the first time.
The Norwegian copyright act does not address public domain directly. The Norwegian copyright law defines two basic rights for authors: economic rights and moral rights. [..] For material that is outside the scope of copyright, the phrase «i det fri» («in the free») is used. This corresponds roughly to the term «public domain» in English.
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These classic Christmas movies will never get old. Black and white films like It's a Wonderful Life and 90s holiday hits like The Santa Clause are on included.