The Animal Kingdom (1932). Copyright-Only Dedication or Public Domain Certification.

The Animal Kingdom (1932). Copyright-Only Dedication or Public Domain Certification.

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The Animal Kingdom
by Edward H. Griffith
Publication date 1932
Usage Public Domain
Topics Comedy, Drama, Leslie Howard
Publisher RKO Radio Pictures
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Addeddate 2008-01-30 19:51:59
Color black & white
Director Edward H. Griffith
Identifier Animal_Kingdom
Run time 84 min
Sound sound
Year 1932

Reference Link:
https://archive.org/details/Animal_Kingdom

Licensing

Copyright-Only Dedication* (based on United States law) or Public Domain Certification

The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from which the work is published, or (b) hereby dedicates whatever copyright the dedicators holds in the work of authorship identified below (the "Work") to the public domain. A certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright interest he may have in the associated work, and for these purposes, is described as a "dedicator" below.

A certifier has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status of this work. Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not shield him from liability if in fact the work certified is not in the public domain.

Dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicator intends this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights under copyright law, whether vested or contingent, in the Work. Dedicator understands that such relinquishment of all rights includes the relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise) those copyrights in the Work.

Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or conceived.

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Reference link:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/

In 1960, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.

The film was preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 1985. (Source: UCLA Archive website)

Reference Link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animal_Kingdom_(1932_film)

This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1928 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed.

Reference Link:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Animal_Kingdom_(1932).webm

Personal Note

According to Wikimedia Commons, The Animal Kingdom (1932) is in the public domain under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, which states the film has no copyright. Since Wikimedia Commons used a different source print, I did not feel comfortable with using the license, which I should note is the recommended license Creative Commons tells dedicators to use, but since the older license is what was linked to the source print on the Internet Archive, I posted that license as proof of The Animal Kingdom’s status in the pubic domain, which with all the evidence I have already compiled, it is, but just in case here is a link to the other license for the Wikimedia Commons print, which although I did not use as my source print for the film’s presentation at GenreOnlinenet channel on Rumble, I am including in the interest of transparency and because I care about intellectual property and Copyright and while I am not an attorney, I do my best to research before I post so I have evidence to dispute a counter claim, which regardless is always in everyone’s best interest. Thank you.

CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Reference Link:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/