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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 January 27, 1930 issue of Time would have to be renewed in 1957. Online page scans of the Catalog of Copyright Entries, published by the US Copyright Office can be found here. http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/

The search of the Renewals for Periodicals for 1956, 1957 and 1958 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.

Time failed to renew the copyrights of many early issues. A search of the renewals for periodicals for entries for Time reveals that the publisher, Time Inc., started renewing the copyrights of Time magazine in 1962 with the 29 January 1934, issue. Therefore, issues that were published before 29 January 1934 are in the public domain. In addition, a few later issues were not renewed. The copyright on this issue of Time magazine was not renewed and it is in the public domain. Click here to show Time issues in the public domain Time issues in the public domain Vol. 1, no. 1 — vol. 23, no. 4 3 Mar 1923 — 22 Jan 1934 Vol. 25, no. 1 — vol. 27, no. 26   7 Jan 1935 — 29 Jun 1936 Vol. 34, no. 1–10 3 Jul 1939 — 4 Sep 1939 Vol. 45, no. 2–5 7 Jan 1945 — 29 Jan 1945 Vol. 52, no. 1–7 5 Jul 1948 — 16 Aug 1948 Vol. 57, no. 1 1 Jan 1951 Vol. 61, no. 1–24 5 Jan 1953 — 15 Jun 1953 Vol. 61, no. 26 29 Jun 1953 Vol. 62, no. 1 — vol. 63, no. 1 6 Jul 1953 — 4 Jan 1954 Vol. 65, no. 18 2 May 1955 Vol. 65, no. 23 6 Jun 1955 Vol. 66, no. 26 26 Dec 1955 Vol. 67, no. 15 9 Apr 1956 Vol. 70, no. 15 7 Oct 1957 Vol. 70, no. 26 23 Dec 1957 Vol. 71, no. 1 6 Jan 1958 Vol. 73, no. 1 5 Jan 1959 Vol. 76, no. 22 28 Nov 1960 Vol. 77, no. 13 24 Mar 1961 Vol. 78, no. 8 25 Aug 1961 Vol. 78, no. 11 15 Sep 1961 Vol. 78, no. 23 8 Dec 1961 Vol. 81, no. 1 4 Jan 1963 All issues not listed in the table above had their copyright renewed, without exception. Note that works appearing in the public domain issues of Time may still be covered by copyright if they were published prior to their appearance in Time (with notice and renewal) or otherwise separately registered and renewed.

This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. العربية ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−