"in notice" year is earlier than the calendar year of the official registration, the copyright term begins in the earlier year (1952 in this case). Therefore, for films registered for copyright in 1950 and later, the window for a valid renewal was the 28th calendar year of the original copyright term. For Road to Bali, the 28th year was 1980, which means the film had already fallen into the public domain when the copyright was renewed in 1981. Home media Columbia Pictures Television (in joint venture with LBS Communications through what was then Colex Enterprises) once had the television rights to this film in the 1980s, along with other Bob Hope movies from the 1940s and 1950s. This is evident in a home video release from the mid-1990s, where a CPT logo can be seen at the beginning and end of the film. Because the film is in the public domain, there have been at least a dozen DVD releases from a variety of companies over the years. However, Fremantle now holds ancillary rights to this film (as the successor in interest to LBS Communications), and official video releases have been issued under license from Fremantle, with DVD and HD-DVD releases coming from BCI Eclipse. A Blu-Ray was released on July 5, 2017, by Kino International. References External links 1952 films 1952 musical comedy films 1952 romantic comedy films 1950s buddy comedy films American adventure comedy films American buddy comedy films American musical comedy films American comedy road movies American romantic comedy films American romantic musical films Road to ... (film series) Films directed by Hal Walker Films set in Indonesia Paramount Pictures films Self-reflexive films Articles containing video clips 1950s English-language films 1950s American films