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is the film MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS public domain?

Posted on Apr 29, 2008 under domain news and reports | 2 Comments

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ahsesbadwords Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Not as far as I know. The "usual suspects" of PD publishing, i.e. Something Weird, Alpha etc. have no discs of it out.
fyrmer Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 6:44 am
"The Monster of Piedras Blancas" releasedin 1958, so it would have been copyrighted the same year.
International copyright laws state that copyrights only expire if:
1. The work was created and first published before January 1, 1923, or at least 95 years before January 1 of the current year, whichever is later.
2. The last surviving author died at least 70 years before January 1 of the current year.
So the film's copyright has not expired quite yet, and since I have not seen any statements from the films creators/producers releasing it into public domain (the holder of a copyright reserves the right to do so at any time), I would assume that this film is still protected under international copyright.