Get Christie Love!

The 1974 television movie 'Get Christie Love!' (which served as the pilot for the subsequent TV series) is widely documented as having entered the public domain due to a failure to include a valid copyright notice on the original broadcast prints. Under the 1909 Copyright Act (which governed works until 1978), the publication of a work without a proper copyright notice resulted in the immediate forfeiture of copyright protection. Research indicates that while the film was produced by Wolper Productions and distributed by ABC, the master prints lacked the mandatory '©' symbol, year of publication, and name of the owner required by 17 USC §401 at the time. This specific oversight is a well-known occurrence among mid-1970s television productions. Because it was published between 1964 and 1977, it would have been eligible for automatic renewal, but the initial lack of notice prevented a valid copyright from ever being established in the United States. The film is frequently included in public domain collections and has been released by numerous budget distributors (such as Alpha Video) without legal challenge from the original production entities.