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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. Time magazine was not diligent in renewing the copyrights of their early issues. The first renewal was filed in 1962 starting with the January 29, 1934 issue. Time failed to file any renewals in 1963, 1967 and 1972.

The following issues of Time magazine are in the public domain.

  • March 3, 1923 to January 22, 1934.
  • January 7, 1935 to June 29 1936.
  • July 3, 1939 to May 13, 1940
  • January 7, 1945 to January 29, 1945.

The table below shows the copyright registrations and renewals of issues up to 1946. The information is from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, published by the US Copyright Office. Online page scans can be found here: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/ Use the "Renewals for Periodicals" section near the bottom of each year.

Notes: Time magazine has two volumes of about 26 issues a year. The copyright records use a date format of day, month, year.

Renewal Year Volume Number Issue Copyright Renewal
1962 23 5 29 Jan 1934 26 Jan 1934 B214218 25 Jan 1962 R289538
- 24 27 31 Dec 1934 28 Dec 1934 B246496 2 Feb 1962 R290021
1963 25 1 7 Jan 1935 NA 1963 None
- 27 23 29 Jun 1936 NA 1963 None
1964 28 1 6 Jul 1936 3 Jul 1936 B306035 2 Jul 1964 R340442
- 29 26 28 Jun 1937 25 Jun 1937 B342541 27 Oct 1964 R347559
1965 30 1 5 Jul 1937 2 Jul 1937 B343591 28 May 1965 R362618
- 31 26 27 Jun 1938 24 Jun 1938 B383181 5 Nov 1965 R372855
1966 32 1 4 Jul 1938 1 Jul 1938 B381891 15 Jun 1966 R387504
- 33 26 26 Jun 1939 22 Jun 1939 B421278 11 Jul 1966 R389156
1967 34 1 3 Jul 1939 NA 1967 None
- 35 20 13 May 1940 NA 1967 None
1968 35 21 20 May 1940 16 May 1940 B456211 2 Jan 1968 R426124
- 38 7 18 Aug 1941 14 Aug 1941 B509211 13 Nov 1968 R448117
1969 38 8 25 Aug 1941 21 Aug 1941 B509413 10 Jan 1969 R453485
- 40 15 12 Oct 1942 8 Oct 1942 B559908 29 Oct 1969 R471757
1970 40 16 19 Oct 1942 15 Oct 1942 B561315 28 Jan 1970 R478766
- 42 9 30 Aug 1943 26 Aug 1943 B598217 28 Aug 1970 R490503
1971 42 10 6 Sep 1943 2 Sep 1943 B598856 1 Jan 1971 R498608
- 45 1 1 Jan 1945 21 Dec 1944 B660596 3 Jan 1972 R520136
1972 45 2 7 Jan 1945 NA 1972 None
- 45 5 29 Jan 1945 NA 1972 None
1973 45 6 5 Feb 1945 1 Feb 1945 B663703 31 Jan 1973 R545536
- 47 25 24 Jun 1946 20 Jun 1946 B26468 23 Oct 1973 R561566

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