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It varies significantly from country to country. The Berne Convention gives WTO members the option of a comparatively short period of protection: "countries of the Union may provide that the term of protection shall expire fifty years after the work has been made available to the public with the consent of the author, or, failing such an event within fifty years from the making of such a work, fifty years after the making." However, these numbers are the minimum duration, and many member states have extended this to make film protection better aligned with protection of other works.

Since 1978, US movies are protected for 95 years from release or 120 years from creation, whichever comes first. US movies 1964-1977 are protected for 95 years from release if they include a copyright notification. US movies 1923-1963 are protected for 95 years if they were renewed, but in the public domain if they were not; unfortunately it can often be difficult and/or expensive to determine whether a work was renewed. US movies prior to 1923 are in the public domain.

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