The Girl and Her Trust

The film 'The Girl and Her Trust', directed by D.W. Griffith, was released on March 28, 1912. Under the U.S. Copyright Act, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of whether they were originally registered or renewed. As a 1912 release, the film's maximum possible term of protection (initially 28 years plus a 28-year renewal for a total of 56 years under the 1909 Act, which was later extended by subsequent legislation) has long since expired. The film entered the public domain 75 years after its publication (in 1987), as it was published before the 1978 changes to copyright law and predates the 1928 cutoff for current protection extensions.