His Musical Career

His Musical Career is a short silent film starring Charlie Chaplin, produced by Keystone Studios and released in the United States on November 7, 1914. Because the film was published prior to January 1, 1928, it has entered the public domain in the United States regardless of previous registration or renewal status. Under the current U.S. copyright law (the Copyright Term Extension Act), all works published before 1928 have seen their maximum 95-year term expire. The film is widely available in the public domain and has been included in numerous 'Chaplin at Keystone' collections and free archives. As a pre-1928 work, it passed into the public domain on or before January 1, 2023, though in practice it has been treated as public domain for decades due to the expiration of the original 1909 Act terms.