public domain

posted 16 years ago by pikachu_fan_number_9
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how did this film become public domain? if it was an American film, the earliest it could have went PD is 2002

[–] dawggie_2000 16 years ago

If a film's copyright wasn't renewed by March 1989 (I think), it would become public domain.

Movies is magic!

[–] pikachu_fan_number_9 16 years ago

I thought a single term was 28 years for pre-1976 works (2002-1974=28)