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List of films in the public domain in the United States

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This is a list of films that are believed to be in the public domain in the United States.[clarification needed] Being in the public domain refers to the corpus of works that no government, organization, or individual owns, and it is free to be used by anyone.[citation needed] This list has not been checked and cannot be relied upon to determine whether a film is legally in the public domain, see Public domain film.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A-D

A

B

C

D

E-H

E

F

G

H

I-O

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P-S

P

Q

R

S

T-Z

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

See also

Notes

  • A Public domain in the USA because it was released in the USA before 1923
  • J Assuming public domain worldwide due to Tokyo District Court case on 6 October 2006 applying to films made in Japan before 1953[2]

References

Specific
  1. ^ Dickson greeting. The Library of Congress American Memory Home
  2. ^ "CASRIP Newsletter - Vol 14, Iss 1". Retrieved 2009-05-27. There are many masterpieces which were published on 1953, such as "Shane," "Roman Holiday," as well as other well-known Japanese motion pictures, including "Tokyo Story" by Yasujiro Ozu. The copyrights for these works are currently considered expired. Therefore, if the district court's judgment is upheld by the High Court, the loss which many copyright holders would suffer would be extremely high. As a result, the outcome of the Tokyo High Court in this case will be a landmark judgment and the proceedings should be carefully monitored.[clarification needed]
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