The copyrights of the Liahona magazine were held by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and/or Intellectual Reserve (wholly owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Copyright was not renewed within 28 years of the date of publication on this early issue, which has therefore fallen into the public domain per US law.
See:
Copyright registrations for 1961 Renewals for Periodicals:
January - June: Page 169 (Harper's Bazaar (cont.) - New York Herald Tribune (start))
July - December: Page 389 (Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan (cont.) - National Geographic Magazine (start))
Copyright registrations for 1962 Renewals for Periodicals:
January - June: Page 202 (Fortune (cont.) - Mademoiselle)
July - December: Page 457 (Journal of General Physiology (cont.) - New York Herald Tribune (start))
Copyright registrations for 1963 Renewals for Periodicals:
January - June: Page 198 (Grade Teacher - Motor Boating (start))
July - December: Page 447 (Journal of General Physiology - Motor Boating)
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.
==Summary== {{Information |Description={{en|{{w|Alonzo A. Hinckley|Alonzo Arza Hinckley}}, a member of the {{w|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles}} of {{w|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}} (LDS Church)