The Velvet Vampire

The Velvet Vampire was released in the United States in 1971. Under the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, works in their first term of copyright between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977, were granted automatic renewal for a second term. Consequently, no manual renewal filing was required to maintain copyright protection for this film. The film was produced and distributed by Roger Corman's New World Pictures and was registered with the US Copyright Office under registration number LP41555 (dated October 26, 1971). The rights remain active and are currently held by New Horizons / Shout! Factory, following their acquisition of the New World Pictures library. The film has seen consistent commercial exploitation, including a DVD release as part of the 'Roger Corman's Cult Classics' series and availability on modern streaming platforms like Shout! TV and Tubi. Because the original registration was valid and the 1992 Act secured the second term automatically, the film will not enter the public domain until 95 years after its publication (January 1, 2067). Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.