Since this comic book was first published in the U.S. before 1964, the original copyright lasted 27 years from the end of the year of first publication. The copyright holder was free to renew the copyright any time during the year 1977, but they did not do so. (All copyright renewals after 1977 can be searched online
here.) The copyright has expired.'
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Cover to ''Yellowjacket Comics'' #3 (November 1944), published by Charlton Comics. No artist credited. {{comiccover]]
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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see
Commons:Hirtle chart and
the copyright renewal logs. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the
rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years
p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Since this comic book was first published in the U.S. before 1964, the original copyright lasted 27 years from the end of the year of first publication. The copyright holder was free to renew the copyright any time during the year 1977, but they did not do so. (All copyright renewals after 1977 can be searched online
here.) The copyright has expired.'
Original upload log
The original description page was
here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
Cover to ''Yellowjacket Comics'' #3 (November 1944), published by Charlton Comics. No artist credited. {{comiccover]]
Licensing
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see
Commons:Hirtle chart and
the copyright renewal logs. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the
rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years
p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.