Copyright registration information is given in the following: This can include a statement that research failed to disclose copyright registration for a particular film. Some decades of The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures include copyright registration information for feature films (not shorts) of United States origin. All copyright registrations from 1978 onward are online at the Library of Congress website. There is no cumulative Copyright Catalog for 1970–1977 the Copyright Office published 16 semi-annual Copyright Catalog booklets covering that eight-year period, but all are out of print and extremely rare. However, the Film Superlist series is a complete reprint of all registrations in the Copyright Catalogs for 1894 through 1959. Documenting public domain status Īll are out of print. The Supreme Court of the United States (which could resolve those inconsistencies) very seldom decides copyright cases, and then only when an important principle is involved. The courts of one jurisdiction are not obliged to follow the decisions of another. The United States is a "patchwork quilt" of inconsistent copyright rules in different federal judicial districts. Judges, too, differ in their interpretation of the laws governing copyright protection. Judicial interpretation of public domain Unpublished works are treated differently from published works under US copyright law. As of 2010, it is not known whether the use of music in a film constitutes publication of the music for the purpose of copyright. The use of music in a film can cause uncertainty with regard to copyright. Experts in the field of public domain sometimes differ in their opinions as to whether a particular film is in the public domain. A film can lose its copyright in some of those elements while retaining copyright in other elements. Fictional characters (e.g., James Bond) įilm copyright involves the copyright status of multiple elements that make up the film.Graphical characters (e.g., Bugs Bunny). It is difficult to determine the public domain status of a film because it can incorporate any or all of the following copyrightable elements: There is no official list of films (or other works) in the public domain. Films in this list may incorporate elements from other works that are still under copyright, even though the film itself is out of copyright.Ĭopyrightable elements of a film This list is not comprehensive the vast majority of public domain films are not included here for various reasons. This means that no government, organization, or individual owns any copyright over the work, and as such it is common property. Most films are subject to copyright, but those listed here are believed to be in the public domain in the United States.
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