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Electronics Illustrated, March 1961, Volume 4 Number 3.

Fawcett Publications Inc., Editor: Robert G. Beason.

Published from May 1958 to November 1972.

The digest size magazine (9.25 by 6.75 inches) has 116 pages.

Cover story: FM Wireless Microphone by Herb Cohen and Dave Gordon.

Source: This cover was scanned by User:Swtpc6800 on an Epson Perfection 1240U at 300 dpi with half-tone de-screening enabled and stored as TIFF. The image was touched up in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 and this copy saved as a 50 dpi JPEG at Maximum Quality.

Purpose: Use in Electronics Illustrated

  • The wireless microphone or broadcaster was a perennial project in hobbyist magazines starting with vacuum tube versions for AM radios in the 1940s.
  • The covers shows the wiring diagram of the project, this was a hallmark of Electronics Illustrated.
  • The resolution is minimum required to clearly read cover text.

[edit] Licensing

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.

Electronics Illustrated was published starting in 1958 and the first renewal was due in 1985. The renewal for the May 1958 issues was registered by the Copyright Office on January 3, 1986. (Registration Number RE0000280507). These records are in the online catalog found here: http://www.copyright.gov/records . Search for the title Electronics Illustrated.

The copyrights of Electronics Illustrated May 1958 through February 1960 were renewed by CBS Inc. In December 1987 the copyrights were assigned to Diamandis Communications, Inc. Diamandis renewed March 1960 through February 1961.

Diamandis Communications, Inc acquired the magazine division of CBS in a leveraged buyout in late 1987 then sold off several magazines to various publishers. Diamandis was acquired by Hachette in April 1988. The last copyright renewal for Electronics Illustrated was in April 1988.

Dougherty, Philip. "Advertising: Diamandis Group at the Helm", New Your Times, October 2, 1987, pp. D14. 
Fabrikant, Geraldine. "Hachette to Buy Magazine Publisher", New Your Times, April 14, 1988, pp. D1. 

The March 1961 through January 1964 issues were not renewed and are in the public domain. The January issues were always published in the previous December.

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