Catnips of 1940

The film 'Catnips of 1940' is a Scrappy animated short released by Columbia Pictures in 1934. Under the US Copyright Act of 1909, works from this era required a renewal registration during the 28th year of their first copyright term to extend protection to the full 75-year (later 95-year) term. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals that this film was successfully renewed. The renewal registration number is R300326, filed on August 23, 1962, by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Because the renewal was filed correctly within the statutory window, the copyright was extended. Under the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, the term for works for hire published in 1934 is 95 years from the date of publication, meaning the film will not enter the public domain until January 1, 2030.