Alice's Brown Derby

As a motion picture published before January 1, 1928, 'Alice's Brown Derby' (released December 13, 1926) is definitively in the public domain in the United States. Under current US copyright law, all works published before 1928 have lost their copyright protection through the expiration of their statutory term. This specific short film is part of the 'Alice Comedies' series produced by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks during their early years in Hollywood. Even if the film had been properly registered and renewed under the Copyright Act of 1909 (which would have granted a 95-year term from publication), that term would have expired at the end of 2021. Consequently, the work is now free for use and distribution without permission from the original rightsholders.