Barefaced Flatfoot

Barefaced Flatfoot is a 1951 Mr. Magoo animated short produced by UPA and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Under the copyright laws governing works published between 1928 and 1963, a 28-year initial term required a formal renewal with the US Copyright Office to extend protection. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) confirms that this work was successfully renewed. The original registration was filed on September 6, 1951 (LP1290), and the renewal was filed on September 14, 1979, under renewal number RE0000030282. The renewal was filed by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., the successor in interest to the original claimant. As the renewal was filed within the statutory 28th-year window, the copyright was extended for a second term. Under the 1976 Copyright Act and subsequent extensions, the work is protected for 95 years from the date of publication. It is scheduled to enter the public domain on January 1, 2047.