Protected
Where the Girls Sweat
1989 · Cine-Tel
Confidence
95
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The film 'Where the Girls Sweat' was released in the United States in 1989. For works published on or after March 1, 1989, the Berne Convention Implementation Act removed the requirement for a copyright notice or registration to secure copyright. Works from this era are automatically protected for 95 years from publication (if a work for hire) or for the life of the author plus 70 years.
A search of the US Copyright Office online database (which covers 1978 to the present) confirms a registration for this work: PA0000454796, registered on March 27, 1990, by Cine-Tel, Inc. The registration lists the year of creation as 1989 and the date of publication as June 13, 1989. As a result, the film is under active copyright protection and will not enter the public domain in the US until 95 years after its 1989 publication (i.e., January 1, 2085).
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— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- U.S. Copyright Office Online Catalog (COcatalog.loc.gov), Registration PA0000454796
- IMDb, 'Where the Girls Sweat (1989)'
- 17 U.S.C. § 401 (Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988)
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