Public Domain
Toil and Tyranny
1915 · Lubin Manufacturing Company · Dir. Harry Harvey
In this film, the rich are either "spoiled" or have "calloused hearts" and consort with evil lawyers and have servants dressed almost like they should be at Versailles. They overwork and underpay the workers and are just bad. In contrast, the working class folks are good and loving.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The film 'Toil and Tyranny' was released in 1915, produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and directed by Benedict James. According to the US Copyright Act, all works published or registered in the United States before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of renewal status.
Because this film was released in 1915, its original 28-year copyright term and subsequent 67-year renewal term (under the 1976 Act and CTEA) have both expired. The maximum possible term for a work from 1915 was 95 years, which ended no later than 2010. Therefore, the film is definitively in the public domain in the United States.
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— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), Motion Pictures 1912-1939
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Toil and Tyranny (1915)
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films - Toil and Tyranny
- 17 U.S.C. § 304 (Duration of Copyright)
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