Editing My Man Godfrey (section)

==Public domain status==
The original film is generally thought to have entered into the public domain in 1965 when the film's copyright was not renewed after 28 years.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sinofsky|first=Esther Rita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0xBAQAAIAAJ&q=My+Man+Godfrey|title=A copyright primer for educational and industrial media producers|publisher=Copyright Information Services|year=1988|isbn=9780914143123|page=29|quote=But remember the underlying works may still be copyrighted|access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> However the underlying work, the 1935 book ''1101 Park Avenue'' &ndash; re-titled ''My Man Godfrey'' with the film's release &ndash; had its copyright renewed in 1963 and is thus still in copyright.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/detail?fileID=1988354045 |title=My Man Godfry |work=Stanford University Copyright Renewal Database |access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> According to Stanford University Library, and under rulings of the 1990 case ''[[Stewart v. Abend]]'', in so-called multilayered works, the rights holder of the original work can claim ownership of the film script, though not the pictures, if the original book is still in copyright.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/trouble-spots/#multilayered_works |title=Public Domain Trouble Spots: Multilayered Works |date=April 4, 2013 |publisher=Stanford University Library |access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> "Films are often based on books ... that may maintain copyright. If the pre-existing work is protected, then rightly or wrongly, it has generally been determined that the derived film is also protected."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openflix.com/information/US-copyright.php |title=Films in the US Public Domain |work=OpenFlix.com |access-date=January 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209062405/http://www.openflix.com/information/US-copyright.php |archive-date=February 9, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>