Please Murder Me!

The film was originally registered for US copyright on March 7, 1956, by Gross-Krasne, Inc., under registration number LP6292. According to US copyright law applicable to works published between 1928 and 1963, the copyright must have been renewed during the 28th year of the first term to remain protected. For a 1956 release, a renewal application would need to have been filed in 1983 or 1984. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the US Copyright Office online records (which cover renewals from 1978 onward) shows no renewal filing for this title or its original registration number. The film is widely cited in catalogs of public domain cinema, such as the Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (Hurst/Baer). Because the renewal was not filed, the work entered the public domain in the United States upon the expiration of its initial 28-year term on December 31, 1984.