Cameo Kirby

Cameo Kirby was released on October 21, 1923, and produced by Fox Film Corporation. Under the Copyright Act of 1909 and subsequent amendments, films from this era were granted a 28-year initial term of copyright protection, which could be extended for a second term if a renewal was filed with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of the first term. According to the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), no renewal record for this 1923 production exists. Had it been renewed, the renewal window would have occurred in late 1950 or 1951. Because the copyright was not renewed, the work lapsed into the public domain at the expiration of its first term in 1951. Furthermore, all US works published prior to January 1, 1929, have now entered the public domain regardless of renewal status due to the expiration of the maximum 95-year term.