Editing Things to Come (section)

==Copyright status==
Although the film lapsed into the [[public domain]] in the US in 1964 due to non-renewal,<ref>see [[Copyright Act of 1909]]</ref> [[copyright]] remained in force in the UK, the [[European Union]], and elsewhere. In the UK, copyright for films as "dramatic works" remains for seventy years after the end of the year of release, or the death of either the director, the writer (or author of original story), or the composer of original music, whichever is the latest. Since the film's composer, [[Arthur Bliss]], died in 1975, copyright will expire after 31 December 2045. The current copyright holder is [[ITV Studios|ITV Global Entertainment Ltd.]], and while the longest surviving original nitrate print is held by the [[BFI National Archive]], a copy of the 96m 31s print was donated by London Films to the newly formed National Film Library in March 1936.<ref>Cooper (2012), p.20</ref>

The film came back into copyright in the US in 1996 under the [[Uruguay Round Agreements Act#Copyright restorations|Uruguay Round Agreements Act]] (URAA),<ref>[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the US]</ref> which, among other measures, amended [[Copyright law of the United States|US copyright law]] to reinstate copyright on films of non-US origin if they were still in copyright in their country of origin. The URAA was subsequently challenged in ''[[Golan v. Holder|Golan v. Gonzales]]'', initially unsuccessfully, later with partial success, but the challenge was ultimately defeated in ''[[Golan v. Holder#Golan v. Holder|Golan v. Holder]]'' and a new principle established that international agreements could indeed restore copyright to works which had previously come into the public domain.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}