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List of public domain issues

Works copyrighted before 1964 had to have the copyright renewed sometime in the 28th year. If a copyright was not renewed, the work is in the public domain. LIFE issues from vol. 16 n. 1 1944 to the vol. 18 n. 13 1945 issue are in public domain as their copyright was not renewed.

• 1971: copyright renewal for Volume 15
• 1972: absence of copyright renewal for Volumes 16 and 17
• 1973: absence of copyright renewal for the first half of Volume 18; copyright renewal resumes with Volume 18 Number 14

To verify public domain status of other issues, online page scans of the Catalog of Copyright Entries, published by the US Copyright Office, can be found here. Since some magazines are published the month before the cover date and some are not registered for a few months after publication, it is necessary to search six months before and after the year of publication.

Volume 16

• Number 1 — January 3, 1944
• Number 2 — January 10, 1944
• Number 3 — January 17, 1944
• Number 4 — January 24, 1944
• Number 5 — January 31, 1944
• Number 6 — February 7, 1944
• Number 7 — February 14, 1944
• Number 8 — February 21, 1944
• Number 9 — February 28, 1944
• Number 10 — March 6, 1944
• Number 11 — March 14, 1944
• Number 12 — March 20, 1944
• Number 13 — March 27, 1944
• Number 14 — April 3, 1944
• Number 15 — April 10, 1944
• Number 16 — April 17, 1944
• Number 17 — April 24, 1944
• Number 18 — May 1, 1944
• Number 19 — May 8, 1944
• Number 20 — May 15, 1944
• Number 21 — May 22, 1944
• Number 22 — May 29, 1944
• Number 23 — June 5, 1944
• Number 24 — June 12, 1944
• Number 25 — June 19, 1944
• Number 26 — June 26, 1944

Volume 17

• Number 1 — July 3, 1944
• Number 2 — July 10, 1944
• Number 3 — July 17, 1944
• Number 4 — July 24, 1944
• Number 5 — July 31, 1944
• Number 6 — August 7, 1944
• Number 7 — August 14, 1944
• Number 8 — August 21, 1944
• Number 9 — August 28, 1944
• Number 10 — September 4, 1944
• Number 11 — September 11, 1944
• Number 12 — September 18 1944
• Number 13 — September 25, 1944
• Number 14 — October 2, 1944
• Number 15 — October 9, 1944
• Number 16 — October 16, 1944
• Number 17 — October 23, 1944
• Number 18 — October 30, 1944
• Number 19 — November 6, 1944
• Number 20 — November 13, 1944
• Number 21 — November 20, 1944
• Number 22 — November 27, 1944
• Number 23 — December 4, 1944
• Number 24 — December 11, 1944
• Number 25 — December 18, 1944
• Number 26 — December 25, 1944

Volume 18

• Number 1 — January 1, 1945
• Number 2 — January 8, 1945
• Number 3 — January 15, 1945
• Number 4 — January 22, 1945
• Number 5 — January 29, 1945
• Number 6 — February 5, 1945
• Number 7 — February 12, 1945
• Number 8 — February 19, 1945
• Number 9 — February 26, 1945
• Number 10 — March 5, 1945
• Number 11 — March 12, 1945
• Number 12 — March 19, 1945
• Number 13 — March 26, 1945

New York Public Library Resource

Hi! I wanted to highlight that the New York Public Library has a repository of issues of Life fully scanned ranging from 1936-1972. I'm aware that not all of these are public domain as of 2023/2024, but I figured it would be good to post here as we get closer and closer to any of them becoming public domain. Please enjoy! SDudley (talk) 18:33, 1 November 2023 (UTC)