Jayvee Enaguas (HarvettFox96) reviewed the copyright for the animated short film on December 3, 2021, which includes most materials and elements.
A copyright notice that reads "Copyright MCMXXXVIII by Paramount Pictures, Inc. All rights reserved." was removed on the opening title card sequence due to rightsholder transfers.
In the better print rarely aired on the television network France 5 throughout 2000, it exists where has a copyright notice.
Paramount filed a registration entry of the animated short film on June 28, 1938.
Supat didn’t file a renewal entry of the animated short film for the original copyright within a required 28-year period throughout 1965 (1, 2) and 1966 (1, 2).
Therefore, the animated short film entered the public domain on the first day of January 1967.
The animated short film is freely available and distributable in both physical and digital formats.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
{{Information |description={{en|A screencap of the American traditional animated short film "{{w|Hunky and Spunky}}" part of the ''{{w|Color Classics}}'' series.}} |date=1938-06-24 |source=Screencap taken of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDbSZFV_txM the video]. |author={{w|Fleischer Studios}} (from 1929 until 1942) |other fields= {{User:HarvettFox96/Information-addendum |note= * Jayvee Enaguas (HarvettFox96) reviewed the copyright for the animated short film on Decemb...