Aparat Journalists Arrested And Doomed

This short film (alternatively known by titles such as 'Journalists Arrested' or 'Aparat Journalists Arrested & Doomed') was produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company and registered for US copyright in 1904. The film is a 'paper print' era production, originally filed with the US Copyright Office as a series of still photographs to secure protection before motion pictures were explicitly covered by the Copyright Act. Under the current US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of renewal status. As a 1904 production, this film's maximum possible copyright term (including all extensions) has expired. It is now part of the public domain in the United States.