Apache Blood

Apache Blood (originally titled 'Pursuit' and filmed circa 1973) had its primary US theatrical release in 1975. Despite being released during the 1964–1977 era when renewal was made automatic by the 1992 Act, the film fell into the public domain due to a failure to comply with certain formalities of the 1909 Copyright Act—specifically, the lack of a valid copyright notice on the original release prints. A search of the US Copyright Office records (CCE and online database) finds no original registration for this film under either title ('Apache Blood' or 'Pursuit'). Furthermore, the film has been widely established as public domain in the home video industry; it appears on numerous 'budget' and PD collections from labels such as Mill Creek, Alpha Video, and Brentwood Home Video. The film's presence on the Internet Archive and in multiple PD-specific catalogs with no history of copyright enforcement by the original production entity (Key International) strongly supports its public domain status.