Vice Squad

Vice Squad (1953), directed by Arnold Laven and starring Edward G. Robinson, was released in the United States by United Artists. Under the framework for films released between 1928 and 1963, the work entered the public domain 28 years after publication unless a renewal was filed with the US Copyright Office. Research of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) confirms that the film was registered for copyright in 1953 (LP2733) and was successfully renewed in 1981 (RE-100-345) by Sequoia Pictures, Inc., the successor in interest to Sol Lesser Productions. Because the renewal was filed during the 28th year of the initial term, the copyright was extended for a second term of 67 years, for a total of 95 years of protection from the original publication date.