In a Lonely Place

The film 'In a Lonely Place' (1950) was registered for copyright by Columbia Pictures Corp. on May 17, 1950, with registration number LP83. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works from this era required a renewal during the 28th year of their first term to maintain protection. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress records confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., on December 14, 1977, under renewal number RE0000000302. Because the renewal was filed correctly within the statutory window, the film's copyright was extended for a second term of 67 years. Under the 1976 Copyright Act and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, works originally copyrighted between 1923 and 1977 that were properly renewed are protected for a total of 95 years from the publication date. Consequently, 'In a Lonely Place' is scheduled to enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2046.