2069 A. D.

This short film, also known as '2069 A.D.' or '2069 AD: A Sex Odyssey', was produced in the US and released in 1969. Under the Copyright Act of 1909 (which governed works published prior to 1978), a work published in the US required a valid copyright notice on the release print. This specific film is widely documented as having been published and distributed without a valid copyright notice. Furthermore, even if a valid notice had been present, works from 1963 and earlier required a manual renewal in the 28th year; however, because this film was released in 1969, it would have been subject to automatic renewal under the 1992 Amendment if it had been properly registered or published with notice. There is no record of a primary registration for this title in the Copyright Office's Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) or the post-1978 online database. Because the film was distributed commercially in US theaters without the statutory notice required at the time and no registration exists to 'cure' the omission, it fell into the public domain upon publication.