A search of the US Copyright Office records for 1960 and 1961 finds no renewals for its magazines under "Time-Fortune Company", which was then the publisher who held the rights to the enterprise. ... Kenosis 21:44, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
The following issues of Time magazine are in the public domain.
Before vol 23, no 5: before 22 Jan 1934
Vol 25, no 1 – vol 27, no 23: 7 Jan 1935 – 29 Jun 1936
Vol 34, nos 1–10: 3 Jul 1939 – 4 Sep 1939
Vol 45, nos 2–5: 7 Jan 1945 –29 Jan 1945
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