Heat

Directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol, 'Heat' was released in the US in 1972. Under the 1976 Copyright Act as amended by the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, works published between 1964 and 1977 are granted an automatic renewal term of 67 years (for a total of 95 years from publication) without the need for a renewal filing. Consequently, the film remains protected by copyright through 2067. While many Warhol/Morrissey productions from this era are frequently cited for potential notice defects, 'Heat' was officially registered with the US Copyright Office by Andy Warhol Films, Inc. on September 28, 1972, under registration number LP41185 (CCE volume 26, part 12-13). The rights to the Warhol film library are actively managed and enforced by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the film has seen professional restorations and distribution by boutique labels like Criterion and Kino Lorber, confirming it is not an orphan work. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.