The Love Nest

The film 'The Love Nest,' starring Buster Keaton, was released on May 19, 1923. Under current US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain. This transition occurred as the copyright terms for such works expired after a maximum duration of 95 years (a term set by the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act). Because the film was published in 1923, its US copyright expired on January 1, 2019. It is now free for use, distribution, and adaptation without permission from the original creators or the producing studio. No search for renewal records is necessary because the maximum possible term for works of this era has already lapsed.