Reptilicus

Reptilicus (1961) is a Danish-American co-production. While it was produced by Saga Studios in Denmark, a separate English-language version was produced by American International Pictures (AIP) for the US market. Because the film was released in 1961, it fell under the mandatory renewal requirements of the 1909 Copyright Act. A search of the US Copyright Office records (and the Stanford/Pierce renewal databases) confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed. The renewal registration for the motion picture 'REPTILICUS' (covering the English version) was filed on April 17, 1989, under registration number RE0000431336 by Orion Pictures Corporation, the successor to AIP. Furthermore, the film is protected under the URAA (17 U.S.C. § 104A) because it was a foreign work still under copyright in its source country (Denmark) on the 1996 restoration date. The film is currently actively managed and licensed by MGM (which acquired the Orion/AIP library), and it has received high-quality boutique Blu-ray releases from Shout! Factory, further confirming its protected status and the presence of an active rightsholder. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.