Protected
A Scout with the Gout
1947 · Famous Studios / Paramount Pictures · Dir. Bill Tytla
Lulu's father, wishing to relive his days as a boyscout and to help Lulu get into the girlscouts, takes his daughter on a camping trip.What follows is hysterical.
Confidence
95
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
A Scout with the Gout is a Little Lulu animated short produced by Famous Studios and released by Paramount Pictures on March 24, 1947. Under the 1909 Copyright Act, works from this era required a renewal in their 28th year to maintain protection.
A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) confirms that the copyright for this motion picture was successfully renewed. The renewal registration (R580467) was filed on June 24, 1974, by Paramount Pictures Corporation. Because the copyright was properly maintained, it is protected for a total of 95 years from the original publication date.
As a US-produced work with a valid renewal, the film is currently under copyright protection and is scheduled to enter the public domain on January 1, 2043.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database (entry R580467)
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912-1939 and 1940-1949
- IMDb: A Scout with the Gout (1947)
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films (Reference for studio/distribution context)
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.