Rector's to Claremont

Under the current copyright laws of the United States, all works published before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain. 'Rector's to Claremont' was produced by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company and was registered for copyright in 1904 (original registration number H48427). Even if the maximum renewal periods available at the time had been exercised, the copyright would have expired no later than 75 years after publication (roughly 1979). As a film released in 1904, it is well beyond the 95-year statutory limit for protection of works for hire. The film is currently held in the Library of Congress's Paper Print Collection and is widely available through public domain archives like the Internet Archive and the Library of Congress digital collections.