California in '49

The film 'California in '49' was released in the United States in 1924 (with some sources citing late 1924 or early 1925 for wide distribution). Under current US copyright law, particularly the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, all works published in the United States prior to January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain. Because this film was published in 1924, its statutory copyright term has expired. It was subject to a maximum 75-year term under the 1976 Act and did not receive further protection from the 1998 extension because it had already entered the public domain or was near the threshold. As of January 1, 2020, all works from 1924 are definitively in the public domain in the US due to the expiration of the 95-year term.