Gorilla at Large

Gorilla at Large was registered for copyright by Panoramic Productions on May 14, 1954 (LP3744). As a work published between 1928 and 1963, it required a renewal filing in its 28th year to maintain protection. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the US Copyright Office records confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed on December 3, 1982 (RE144-845) by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., which had acquired the Panoramic Productions interest. Because the renewal was filed correctly within the statutory window, the film's copyright was extended for a second term. Under the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, works in their renewal term at that time received a total of 95 years of protection from the date of original publication. Consequently, the film will not enter the public domain in the United States until January 1, 2050.