I, Monster

Under the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, foreign films released between 1964 and 1977 do not require a renewal record in the US; copyright is automatic. While the film is a British production by Amicus, it was distributed in the US by Cannon Film Distributors in 1973. For foreign works of this era, the primary US copyright question is whether they were published with a valid notice or if they were restored via the URAA (1994). The film was produced and protected in the UK (a Berne Convention member). Under the URAA (17 U.S.C. § 104A), any work that was still under copyright in its source country on January 1, 1996, and had fallen into the US public domain due to non-compliance with formalities (like notice or renewal) had its US copyright automatically restored. As the film is still under copyright in the UK (life of the author plus 70 years, or 70 years from publication for the studio), it meets the criteria for URAA restoration even if the US theatrical prints lacked proper notice. Furthermore, the film is currently actively managed and commercially exploited. It has received legitimate Blu-ray releases from boutique labels such as Powerhouse Films (Indicator) and Severin Films, which license the rights from the current rightsholder, usually identified as the estate of the producers or a successor to Amicus/Vanguard. There is no evidence in the AFI Catalog or CCE that the film was ever legally abandoned or fell into the public domain through a documented defect that would bypass URAA restoration. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.