The Rebel Set

The Rebel Set was released in June 1959. Under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing with the Copyright Office during the 28th year of their first copyright term to remain protected. For a 1959 release, the renewal window occurred in 1986 or 1987. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database, the U Penn Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), and the Film Superlist (Hurst/Baer) reveals no renewal registration for this motion picture. Although the film was originally registered by Hammel-Gould Productions (LP13977, June 17, 1959), the failure to renew the copyright caused it to expire at the end of its initial 28-year term. The film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 1988. Its widespread availability in public domain collections (such as Alpha Video and Mill Creek) and its frequent appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (which often utilized public domain titles for cost-effectiveness) further corroborate this status. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.