Alias John Law

Alias John Law (1935), a Western starring Bob Steele and produced by A.W. Hackel's Supreme Pictures, entered the public domain due to the failure of the copyright holder to renew the registration. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of their first term to maintain protection. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal record for this title. While the film was originally registered (LP5785 on September 14, 1935), the rights were not extended in 1962 or 1963. The film is widely recognized as public domain by film historians and is frequently included in public domain Western collections from distributors like Alpha Video and Mill Creek Entertainment. It is also available for unrestricted download on the Internet Archive.