The Agony of Love

The film 'The Agony of Love' (also known as 'Agony of Love') was released in the United States in 1966, directed by William Rotsler and produced by William Mishkin. Under the US copyright laws applicable to works published between 1964 and 1977, renewal was automatic; however, the work still required a valid copyright notice upon publication and an initial registration to maintain clear protection. A search of the Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) and the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database reveals no original registration for this title under its release year or surrounding years. Furthermore, the film is widely documented in film history (such as by the American Film Institute and independent exploitation film researchers) as a production of the 'Sexploitation' era often released without formal copyright formalities. It is currently listed in several public domain film catalogs and has been released by multiple budget distributors (e.g., Something Weird Video, which specialized in orphaned and public domain exploitation titles) without evidence of copyright enforcement. Because no original registration can be located for this 1966 US work, it failed to secure federal copyright protection at the time of publication. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.