“ Periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar examples are the newspaper, often published daily, or weekly; or the magazine, typically published weekly, monthly or as a quarterly. Other examples would be a newsletter, a literary journal or learned journal, or a yearbook. These examples are typically published and referenced by volume and issue. ”

“ Even if the issue of the periodical is not under copyright, each article within the issue needs to be considered separately. It was possible for contributions to periodicals to have their copyrights renewed by the author or their estate. If an article is under copyright, it may not be hosted on Wikisource but it does not affect the copyright status of the remainder of the periodical. ”

“ This only applies if the renewal was made during the lifetime of the author. If an author died before the copyright renewal date then all rights reverted to the author's estate and the publisher no longer had any right to renew the copyright on the author's work. ”