Medusa

Under the Copyright Act of 1909 as amended, works published between 1964 and 1977 are subject to automatic renewal; however, they still required a valid copyright notice on the initial publication prints to secure federal protection (17 USC §405). If the film was published without notice, it entered the public domain immediately upon publication. Research of the Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) and the US Copyright Office online database does not reveal a specific registration for this 1973 film (starring George Chakiris). While active commercial distribution by major studios often implies surviving protection, this title was produced by an independent entity (George Arsen and Associates) and was later handled by budget/independent distributors. There is no definitive primary evidence cited in the AFI Catalog or Library of Congress records confirming a valid copyright notice was present on original prints. Because the registration record is silent and the film's distribution history is fragmented among minor labels, the status is classified as uncertain.