Hi! Anyone know of a good searchable database of movie copyright renewals?
I'm trying to figure out if a handful of film serials are safe for me to distribute.
Thanks!
@ajroach42 There's one for books, which posts to Mastodon. Though of course, that means I cannot find it....
(Give me a minute...)
@dredmorbius yeah @SecretlyPublicDomain
That's neat! But doesn't help me at all.
@ajroach42 NYPL are likely to be the best specific source for you to contact regarding whether or not any such database exists, and/or if there's any work toward creating one.
Sean Raymond specifically seems to be the lead person, see:
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/05/31/us-copyright-history-1923-1964
I don't have contact information for him, though you're welcome to dig for that.
