Templet:PD-US-not renewed-TIME
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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 with a copyright notice, and its copyright was not renewed. It is not in the public domain in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, and other countries with individual treaties. See this page for further explanation. |  |
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| Works copyrighted before 1964 had to have the copyright renewed sometime in the 28th year. If the copyright was not renewed the work is in the public domain. It is best to search 6 months before and after the required year. Some magazines are published the month before the cover date and some registrations may be delayed for a few months.
This issue of TIME would have to be renewed in 1961. Online page scans of the Catalog of Copyright Entries, published by the US Copyright Office can be found here. onlinebooks.library The search of the Renewals for Periodicals for 1960, 1961 and 1962 show no renewal entries for Time. The publishers, Time Inc., started renewing the copyrights of Time magazine in 1964 with the July 6, 1936 issue. Most (if not all) issues that were published before July 1936 are in the public domain. The copyright on this magazine was not renewed and it is in the public domain. |
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