McQuade of the Traffic Squad

McQuade of the Traffic Squad is a Selig Polyscope Company production released on December 4, 1915. Under current US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of whether they were originally registered or renewed. Because this film was published in 1915, its maximum term of protection was 75 years under the 1976 Act, which would have expired in 1990. Under the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act, works from this era are capped at 95 years, all of which have now definitively lapsed for works originating prior to 1928. No specific renewal search is required for this era as the statutory expiration is absolute.