All Quiet on the Western Front

Under the 1909 Copyright Act, works published in the United States between 1928 and 1963 required a valid copyright renewal in their 28th year to avoid falling into the public domain. 'All Quiet on the Western Front' was originally registered for copyright by Universal Pictures on May 19, 1930, under registration number LP1308. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries confirms that the film was successfully renewed. The renewal registration (R186716) was filed on February 14, 1957, by Universal Pictures Co., Inc. This renewal extended the protection for a second term. Subsequent legislative extensions, culminating in the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, granted works from this era a total of 95 years of protection from the date of publication. Consequently, the film will not enter the public domain until January 1, 2026.