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... Copyright is only for 17 years if I remember correctly. ...

No.

Copyright varies from country to country.

In the USA, prior to 1978, copyright was for 28 years, renewable once for a total of 56 years. Now copyright is for 70 years after the death of the author. If the work was a work for hire (e.g., those created by a corporation) then copyright persists for 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication, whichever is shortest.

All works published in the United States before 1923 are in the public domain; works created before 1978 but not published until recently may be protected until 2047.

Do not think that the copyright on Mickey Mouse doesn't have much to do with the changes in US copyright law.

OK, I stand corrected on the years thing.  Isn't Mickey also a registered Trade Mark of Disney, though?  As such, Disney owns that in perpetuity (unless they sell the rights of course, but that's highly unlikely). In fact, they have a number of trademarks, such as Tinker Bell, the Magic Castle logo, etc.

Define publicly.

Cannes Film Festival?

And still the answer is not answered, though, Unicus. With conflicting data results, on many films, what is the answer.

Determining when a film was shot is even more problematic.

While a copyright date is not a PERFECT answer, as I have said, there is no such thing. The Copyright date is the ONLY piece of such data that can be reliably obtained and entered by ALL users ALL the time. Unless they can't read Roman Numerals. Not by SOME users All of the Time or ALL users Some of the Time, or even Some users Some of the Time. ALL users ALL of the time.

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If you prefer when it was publicly shown, should the field be renamed "Public release"? Or would you feel comfortable saying that a film that was shot in 1974 has a "Production Year" that is 1995, because that's when it was first shown?

I can actually think of at least one movie in my collection that fits that description!

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If you prefer when it was publicly shown, should the field be renamed "Public release"? Or would you feel comfortable saying that a film that was shot in 1974 has a "Production Year" that is 1995, because that's when it was first shown?

I can actually think of at least one movie in my collection that fits that description!

There are many others, which is why I prefer copyright year.

Putting 1995 on a film made in 1974 makes absolutely no sense to me.

Quoting GSyren:

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If you prefer when it was publicly shown, should the field be renamed "Public release"? Or would you feel comfortable saying that a film that was shot in 1974 has a "Production Year" that is 1995, because that's when it was first shown?

I am all for changing the field name.  Have been since the rules were released.  I would prefer something like 'Release/Broadcast Date'

Sounds good too me