File:Amazing Stories, April 1926. Volume 1, Number 1.jpg
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Amazing Stories, April 1926. Volume 1, Number 1
Published by Experimenter Publishing Company Inc. Hugo Gernsback, President; Sidney Gernsback, Treasure.
Inscription on the cover
- To My Good Friend, Rick Norwood, With Best Wishes.
- H Gernsback 7/8/65
Scan of cover provided by Rick Norwood in January 2006.
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 1926 issue of Amazing Stories would have to be renewed in 1953 or 1954. Online page scans of the Catalog of Copyright Entries, published by the US Copyright Office can be found here. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/">http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/</a>
The search of the Renewals for Periodicals for 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955 show no renewal entries for Amazing Stories. Experimenter Publishing Company owned Amazing Stories in 1926 and Ziff-Davis Publishing owned it from 1938 to 1965. Based on searches of the copyright records, Ziff-Davis Publishing did not make it a practice to renew magazine copyrights.
One website, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.frankwu.com/paul1.html">http://www.frankwu.com/paul1.html</a>, has a note that Frank R. Paul's estate claims a copyright on his work. Efforts to contact the estate have not been answered. A search of the copyright records shows no copyrights or renewals by Paul on his early work. Frank R. Paul was an employee of Hugo Gernsback when these covers were created. Paul had to get Gernsback's approval on the proposed artwork for each cover. These early covers are a work for hire.
The copyright on the magazine was not renewed and it is in the public domain.
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| current | 09:15, 3 January 2017 | | 1,188 × 1,648 (2.9 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Amazing Stories, April 1926. Volume 1, Number 1 <p>Published by Experimenter Publishing Company Inc. Hugo Gernsback, President; Sidney Gernsback, Treasure. </p> <p>Inscription on the cover </p> <dl> <dd>To My Good Friend, Rick Norwood, With Best Wishes.</dd> <dd>H Gernsback 7/8/65</dd> </dl> <p>Scan of cover provided by Rick Norwood in January 2006. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>This 1926 issue of <i>Amazing Stories</i> would have to be renewed in 1953 or 1954. Online page scans of the Catalog of Copyright Entries, published by the US Copyright Office can be found here. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/">http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/</a> </p> <p>The search of the Renewals for Periodicals for 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955 show no renewal entries for <i>Amazing Stories</i>. Experimenter Publishing Company owned <i>Amazing Stories</i> in 1926 and Ziff-Davis Publishing owned it from 1938 to 1965. Based on searches of the copyright records, Ziff-Davis Publishing did not make it a practice to renew magazine copyrights. </p> <p>One website, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.frankwu.com/paul1.html">http://www.frankwu.com/paul1.html</a>, has a note that Frank R. Paul's estate claims a copyright on his work. Efforts to contact the estate have not been answered. A search of the copyright records shows no copyrights or renewals by Paul on his early work. Frank R. Paul was an employee of Hugo Gernsback when these covers were created. Paul had to get Gernsback's approval on the proposed artwork for each cover. These early covers are a work for hire. </p> The copyright on the magazine was not renewed and it is in the public domain. |
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