Commandos (Sullivan's Marauders)

Commandos (also known as Sullivan's Marauders) is a 1968 Italian-led co-production (with West Germany and France). Because it is a foreign production from the 1964–1977 era, its US copyright status is complex. Under the 1909 Act, foreign works required publication with a valid US copyright notice to secure protection in the United States. No record of a US copyright registration was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) or the online Copyright Office database (cocatalog.loc.gov) under the title 'Commandos' or its US release titles. While the film might have been eligible for automatic restoration under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) in 1996, restoration only occurs if the work was still under copyright in its source country on January 1, 1996. Without confirmation of a valid US notice upon publication or definitive proof of its copyright status in Italy/France/Germany during the mid-90s, the status remains uncertain. The film has appeared on multiple low-budget 'public domain' DVD collections (such as those from Mill Creek and Alpha Video) and is widely available on public domain streaming archives, which suggests a lack of active copyright enforcement, but this is not conclusive legal proof of PD status.