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Copyright History of Best Sermons 1926

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Harcourt, Brace and Company

New York
Harcourt, Brace and Company

COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
QUINN & BODEN COMPANY, INC.
RAHWAY, N. J.

The text of the book Best Sermons 1926 is in the public domain.

  1. The copyright record (reproduced below) shows that the book Best Sermons 1926 was published on September 30, 1926.
  2. The U.S. Copyright Office’s Circular 15A states “Under the law in effect before 1978, copyright was secured either on the date a work was published or on the date of registration if the work was registered in unpublished form.”
  3. So copyright for Best Sermons 1926 was secured on September 30, 1926.
  4. The “Renewals Recorded” column of the copyright record is blank, so the copyright was not renewed.
  5. Circular 15A goes on to state that “If not renewed, the copyright expired at the end of the first 28-year term.”
  6. Therefore, the copyright expired at the end of the 28 years that started September 30, 1926, that is to say, on September 29, 1954.
  7. The “Philosophy” section of the Free Software Foundation website defines “public domain” as follows:

    Sometimes people use the term “public domain” in a loose fashion to mean “free” or ”available gratis.” However, “public domain” is a legal term and means, precisely, “not copyrighted”. For clarity, we recommend using “public domain” for that meaning only, and using other terms to convey the other meanings.

  8. So, since the copyright has expired, the text of the book Best Sermons 1926 is in the public domain.

Reproduction of Copyright Record:

Copyright Office of the United States of America
record of the filing of copyright deposits under the act of March 4, 1909.
books manufactured in the united states
under the requirements of the act.
Class A—Books.
Year 1926, XXc.
No. Date of Receipt of Two Copies. Name and Address of Copyright Claimant. Date of Publication. Date of Receipt of Affidavit. Items of Affidavit of Manufacture. Renewals Recorded.
949,387 Oct. 7, 1926 Harcourt Brace and
Company, Inc
383 Madison Ave
New York, NY		 Sept. 30, 1926 Oct. 7, 1926 Printed by Quinn and Boden Company
Place. Rahway, N.J.
Date of completion. Sept. 23, 1926
Bound by Quinn and Boden Company
Place. Rahway, N.J.
Date of publication. Sept. 30, 1926		  
Copyright Office of the United States of America
record of the filing of copyright deposits under the act of March 4, 1909.
books manufactured in the united states
under the requirements of the act.
Class A—Books.
Year 1926, XXc.
No. Author's Name. TITLE. Place, Publisher, Date.
949,387 Joseph Fort
Newton.
Editor, of US		 Best Sermons 1926
Edited, with Introduction and
Biographical Notes		 New York
Harcourt, Brace and
Company
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