Protected
Arctic Rivals
1954 · Walter Lantz Productions / Universal-International · Dir. Mannie Davis
In the icy north pole country, Willie the Walrus's girl friend dumps him for a big, muscular specimen the girls all swoon for. But when a monster fish goes on a rampage, her would-be hero runs away, and Willie saves her.
Confidence
95
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
Arctic Rivals is a 1954 animated short featuring Chilly Willy, produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal-International. Under the US Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing in the 28th year to extend copyright protection.
Research of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress (CCE) confirms that this work was successfully renewed. The original copyright was registered on January 11, 1954 (Registration Number MP4520). The renewal was filed on February 10, 1982, under renewal registration number RE0000118120 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. Therefore, the film remains under copyright protection in the United States. Its current copyright term will expire 95 years after publication, on January 1, 2050.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database (entry for RE-118-120)
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures (1950-1959)
- The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia (Filmography: 1954)
- IMDb: Arctic Rivals (1954)
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.