Public Domain
Vlasko oro
1905 · Milton Manaki and Yannakis Manaki · Dir. Yanaki Manaki
Early Balkan footage.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The film 'Vlasko oro' (Vlach Dance) is a short documentary film shot by the Manaki brothers in 1905. Under US copyright law, all works published or first fixed in a tangible medium before January 1, 1928, have definitively entered the public domain. As a production from 1905, the film's statutory copyright term has long since expired regardless of its country of origin or any subsequent treaty restorations. In the US, works from this era are public domain due to the expiration of the maximum possible term of 95 years (and in this case, the expiration occurred well before the current 1928 threshold).
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— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Library of Congress (Public Domain threshold)
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films (pre-1928 rule)
- Wikipedia: Manaki brothers
- Internet Archive: Manaki brothers filmography
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