Time

Time is an American weekly news magazine. Founded in 1923, it is the first weekly news magazine in the United States. Many early issues are in the public domain due to failure to file a timely copyright renewal with the US copyright office.

Public domain issues of Time magazine edit

Works published in the United States between 1929 and 1963 with a copyright notice, but whose copyright was not renewed, are in the public domain. Works copyrighted before 1964 had to have the copyright renewed sometime in their 28th year. 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 (vol. 23, no. 5) issue.[1] In addition a few later issues were also not renewed. The table below lists the public domain issues of Time magazine. Note that photos or articles 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.

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

Pre-1978 renewal records edit

These records appear in the printed volumes of Catalog of Copyright Entries, published by the Library of Congress.

Renewal Year Volume Number Issue Registration Renewal
1962 23 5-26 29 Jan 1934 26 Jan 1934 B214218 25 Jan 1962 R289538[1][2]
- 24 1-27 31 Dec 1934 28 Dec 1934 B246496 2 Feb 1962 R290021[2]
1963 25 1 7 Jan 1935 4 Jan 1935 B247984[3] Not renewed[4]
- 27 26 29 Jun 1936 26 Jun 1936 B303743[5] Not renewed[6]
1964 28 1-26 6 Jul 1936 3 Jul 1936 B306035 2 Jul 1964 R340442[7]
- 29 1-26 28 Jun 1937 25 Jun 1937 B342541 27 Oct 1964 R347559[8]
1965 30 1 5 Jul 1937 2 Jul 1937 B343591 28 May 1965 R362618[9]
- 31 26 27 Jun 1938 24 Jun 1938 B383181 5 Nov 1965 R372855[9]
1966 32 1 4 Jul 1938 1 Jul 1938 B381891 15 Jun 1966 R387504[10]
- 33 26 26 Jun 1939 22 Jun 1939 B421278 11 Jul 1966 R389156[10]
1967 34 1-10 3 Jul 1939 29 Jun 1939 B419822[11] Not renewed[12]
- 34 11-26 11 Sep 1939 7 Sep 1939 B427510 6 Sep 1967 R416623[12]
- 35 20 13 May 1940 9 May 1940 B452997 30 Nov 1967 R423329[12]
1968 35 21 20 May 1940 16 May 1940 B456211 2 Jan 1968 R426124[13]
- 38 7 18 Aug 1941 14 Aug 1941 B509211 13 Nov 1968 R448117[13]
1969 38 8 25 Aug 1941 21 Aug 1941 B509413 10 Jan 1969 R453485[14]
- 40 15 12 Oct 1942 8 Oct 1942 B559908 29 Oct 1969 R471757[15]
1970 40 16 19 Oct 1942 15 Oct 1942 B561315 28 Jan 1970 R478766[16]
- 42 9 30 Aug 1943 26 Aug 1943 B598217 28 Aug 1970 R490503[16]
1971 42 10 6 Sep 1943 2 Sep 1943 B598856 1 Jan 1971 R498608[17]
- 45 1 1 Jan 1945 28 Dec 1944 B660596 3 Jan 1972 R520136[18]
1972 45 2 7 Jan 1945 4 Jan 1945 B660597[19] Not renewed[20]
- 45 5 29 Jan 1945 25 Jan 1945 B663702[19] Not renewed[20]
1973 45 6 5 Feb 1945 1 Feb 1945 B663703 31 Jan 1973 R545536[21]
- 47 25 24 Jun 1946 20 Jun 1946 B26468 23 Oct 1973 R561566[22]
1974 48 1 1 Jul 1946 27 Jun 1946 B26469 12 Apr 1974 R574340[23]
- 49 26 30 Jun 1947 26 Jun 1947 B84615 14 Nov 1974 R590571[23]
1975 50 1-26 7 Jul 1947 3 Jul 1947 B86694 2 May 1975 R604636[24]
- 51 1-12 5 Jan 1948 1 Jan 1948 B116363 5 Dec 1975 R620423[24]
- 51 13 29 Mar 1948 25 Mar 1948 B83895 5 Dec 1975 R682922[25]
- 51 14-26 28 Jun 1948 24 Jun 1948 B143099 5 Dec 1975 R620447[24]
1976 52 1-7 5 Jul 1948 5 Jul 1948 B144021[26] Not renewed[27]
- 52 8-26 23 Aug 1948 19 Aug 1948 B150799 19 Aug 1976 R641046[28]
- 53 26 27 Jun 1949 23 Jun 1949 B200740 29 Oct 1976 R645275[28]
1977 54 1-26 4 Jul 1949 30 Jun 1949 B200741 19 Apr 1977 R658934[29]
- 55 1-21 2 Jan 1950 29 Dec 1949 B225814 27 Sep 1977 R672188[25]
- 55 22 29 May 1950 22 May 1950 B258333 27 Sep 1977 R685522[30]
- 55 23-26 26 Jun 1950 22 Jun 1950 B252138 27 Sep 1977 R672212[25]

1978 and later renewal records edit

These records are available for searching in the online Copyright Office catalog at www.copyright.gov.

Volume Number Issue Registration Renewal
56 1-26 3 Jul 1950 29 Jun 1950 B00000253207 21 Apr 1978 RE0000002464[31]
57 1 1 Jan 1951 28 Dec 1950 B00000281900[32] Not renewed[33][34]
57 2-26 8 Jan 1951 4 Jan 1951 B00000281901 22 Jan 1979 RE0000012434[33]
58 1-27 2 Jul 1951 28 Jun 1951 B00000310427 23 Feb 1979 RE0000014789[35]
59 1-26 7 Jan 1952 3 Jan 1952 B00000336089 8 Feb 1980 RE0000049067[36]
60 1-26 7 Jul 1952 3 Jul 1952 B00000365003 8 Feb 1980 RE0000049093[37]
61 1-24 5 Jan 1953 1 Jan 1953 B00000397123[38] Not renewed[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
61 25 22 Jun 1953 18 Jun 1953 B00000422790[50] 31 Mar 1981 RE0000104642[51][Note 1]
61 26 29 Jun 1953 25 Jun 1953 B00000423633[50] Not renewed[39][49]
62 1-25 6 Jul 1953 2 Jul 1953 B00000424435[50] Not renewed[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]
62 26 28 Dec 1953 24 Dec 1953 B00000455447[62] Not renewed[52][63]
63 1 4 Jan 1954 31 Dec 1953 B00000453937[62] Not renewed[64][65]
63 2-26 11 Jan 1954 7 Jan 1954 B00000453938 12 Aug 1982 RE0000136510[64]
64 1-26 5 Jul 1954 1 Jul 1954 B00000483707 12 Aug 1982 RE0000136535[66]
65 1-17 3 Jan 1955 29 Dec 1954 B00000512564 5 Nov 1982 RE0000140331[67]
65 18 2 May 1955 None?[68] Not renewed[67]
65 19-22 9 May 1955 5 May 1955 B00000533646 23 Nov 1983 RE0000184473[67]
65 23 6 Jun 1955 None?[68] Not renewed[67]
65 24-26 13 Jun 1955 9 Jun 1955 B00000539580 23 Nov 1983 RE0000184477[67]
66 1-25 4 Jul 1955 30 Jun 1955 B00000541896 23 Nov 1983 RE0000184480[69]
66 26 26 Dec 1955 None?[68][70] Not renewed[69]
67 1-14 2 Jan 1956 29 Dec 1955 B00000572252 23 Nov 1983 RE0000184504[71]
67 15 9 Apr 1956 None?[72][73] Not renewed[71]
67 16-26 16 Apr 1956 12 Apr 1956 B00000587126 1 Nov 1984 RE0000220980[71]
68 1-27 2 Jul 1956 28 Jun 1956 B00000600575 1 Nov 1984 RE0000220991[74]
69 1-25 7 Jan 1957 3 Jan 1957 B00000629119 6 Nov 1985 RE0000263384[75]
70 1-14 1 Jul 1957 27 Jun 1957 B00000662578 6 Nov 1985 RE0000263353[76]
70 15 7 Oct 1957 None?[77] Not renewed[76]
70 16-25 14 Oct 1957 10 Oct 1957 B00000675410 6 Nov 1985 RE0000263341[76]
70 26 23 Dec 1957 None?[77][78] Not renewed[76]
70 27 30 Dec 1957 24 Dec 1957 B00000688150[78] 6 Nov 1985 RE0000263356[76]
71 1 6 Jan 1958 31 Dec 1957 B00000688987[78] Not renewed[79][80]
71 2-26 13 Jan 1958 8 Jan 1958 B00000689553 15 Aug 1986 RE0000303788[79]
72 1-26 7 Jul 1958 2 Jul 1958 B00000720207 15 Aug 1986 RE0000303813[81]
73 1 5 Jan 1959 30 Dec 1958 B00000750309[82] Not renewed[83][84]
73 2-26 12 Jan 1959 6 Jan 1959 B00000751874 1 Dec 1987 RE0000354274 [83]
74 1-26 6 Jul 1959 29 Jun 1959 B00000783024 1 Dec 1987 RE0000354301[85]
75 1-26 4 Jan 1960 29 Dec 1959 B00000812451 27 Jan 1988 RE0000367762[86]
76 1-21 4 Jul 1960 28 Jun 1960 B00000846315 27 Jan 1988 RE0000367786[87]
76 22 28 Nov 1960 None?[88][89] Not renewed[87]
76 23-26 5 Dec 1960 29 Nov 1960 B00000872088 27 Jan 1988 RE0000367808[87]
77 1-12 2 Jan 1961 27 Dec 1960 B00000876654 27 Jan 1988 RE0000367812[90]
77 13 24 Mar 1961 None?[89] Not renewed[90]
77 14-27 31 Mar 1961 29 May 1961 B00000906175 21 Mar 1989 RE0000424549[90]
78 1-7 7 Jul 1961 3 Jul 1961 B00000911752 21 Mar 1989 RE0000424553[91]
78 8 25 Aug 1961 None?[92] Not renewed[91]
78 9-10 1 Sep 1961 28 Aug 1961 B00000923254 21 Mar 1989 RE0000424561[91]
78 11 15 Sep 1961 None?[92] Not renewed[91]
78 12-22 29 Sep 1961 18 Sep 1961 B00000926475 21 Mar 1989 RE0000424563[91]
78 23 8 Dec 1961 None?[92] Not renewed[91]
78 24-26 15 Dec 1961 11 Dec 1961 B00000941528 21 Mar 1989 RE0000424574[91]
79 1-26 5 Jan 1962 1 Jan 1962 B00000948103 6 Aug 1990 RE0000489747[93]
80 1-26 6 Jul 1962 2 Jul 1962 B00000980752 6 Aug 1990 RE0000489771[94]
81 1 4 Jan 1963 31 Dec 1962 B0000021878[95] Not renewed[96][97]
81 2-26 11 Jan 1963 7 Jan 1963 B00000022349 1 Nov 1991 RE0000555091[96]
82 1-26 5 Jul 1963 1 Jul 1963 B00000047552 1 Nov 1991 RE0000555109[98]

Notes edit

  1. The heirs of William Faulkner separately renewed the June 22, 1953 (vol. 61, no. 25) issue and filed a termination notice (V3492D704) for Faulker's "Excerpt from address to the graduating class of Pine Manor College" in this issue.

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Portions of table originally from English Wikipedia, Time (magazine) talk page.