Editing The Gold Rush (section)

==Copyright and home media==
In 1953, the original 1925 film may have entered the [[List of films in the public domain in the United States|public domain in the US]], as Chaplin did not renew its [[copyright registration]] in the 28th year after publication in accordance with American law at the time.<ref name=plum /><ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WKTNLRtUAsC |title=The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More |author=Fishman, Stephen |year=2010 |edition=5th |access-date=October 31, 2010 |isbn=978-1413312058}}</ref> As such, the film was once widely available on home video in the US. After 1995, Chaplin's estate blocked unauthorized releases of ''The Gold Rush'' in the United States by arguing that the film's U.S. copyright had been restored by the [[Uruguay Round Agreements Act]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chart.copyrightdata.com/c15A.html#s206|title=Music Synchronization – What the Courts Ruled|work=Copyright Registration and Renewal Information Chart and Web Site|date=2007|access-date=April 24, 2015|author=David P. Hayes}}</ref> Regardless, in 2021, the original film definitively entered the public domain in the United States as 95 years had passed since its release.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Domain for 2021 |url=https://sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/2021/01/04/public-domain-for-2021/ |publisher=The University of Texas at Austin |access-date=30 March 2021 |date=4 January 2021}}</ref>

In 2012, both the reconstruction of the 1925 silent version and the 1942 narrated reissue version were released on Blu-ray by the [[Criterion Collection]]. This set included a new audio commentary track by Chaplin biographer and scholar [[Jeffrey Vance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.criterion.com/films/27565-the-gold-rush|title=The Gold Rush|work=The Criterion Collection|access-date=March 14, 2016}}</ref>