Attack of the Puppet People

Under the 1909 Copyright Act, films released between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing in their 28th year to maintain protection. 'Attack of the Puppet People' was originally registered for copyright by Carmel Productions, Inc. on June 11, 1958, under registration number LP11874. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress records confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed on April 7, 1986, by Carmel Productions under renewal number RE281699. Because the renewal was filed within the statutory window (the 28th year), the copyright was extended for a total of 95 years from the date of publication. The film remains under copyright in the United States and is not scheduled to enter the public domain until January 1, 2054. The rights are currently controlled by Susan Hart (widow of AIP co-founder James H. Nicholson) or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) via their acquisition of the AIP/Orion library, and the film continues to be commercially exploited through licensed home video releases (e.g., Scream Factory). Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.