Time magazine covers

I thought the following post from a library newsgroup might have some copyright interest.

Albert Henderson
Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
<70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com>

• Forwarded message ----------
  >
  > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:27:00 -0800
  > From: "Parang, Elizabeth" <eparang[_at_]PEPPERDINE.EDU>
  > Subject: Time magazine covers
  > To: "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum"
  > <SERIALST[_at_]LIST.UVM.EDU>
  >
  > Back in 1993 there was a message (appended) to serialst concerning the
  > theft and resale of Time magazine covers featuring "celebrities." We
  > are preparing to discard some volumes of Time from 1970 to 1985 and
  > were curious to learn if there was a legitimate market for "celebrity"
  > covers. Does anyone have any information on this topic?
  >
  > Elizabeth Parang
  > Coordinator of Periodicals
  > Pepperdine University
  >
  > ______________________________________________
  > >
  > > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 11:13:00 -0800
  > > Sender: Library Administration and Management <LIBADMIN[_at_]UMAB.BITNET>
  > > From: Nancy_Beale%UCSDLIBRARY.UCSD.EDU[_at_]SDSC.BITNET
  > > Subject: SECURITY ALERT
  > >
  > > Security Alert
  > >
  > > From the "I thought I had heard it all before" files.
  > >
  > > Last week, Access Services staff apprehended a suspect, for the
  > > attempted theft of 34 Time magazine covers from the University
  > > Library, University of California, San Diego campus. Staff were
  > > alerted when the suspect set off the 3M gate alarm as he attempted
  > > to leave the library. The suspect: Carl Alexander, 31, was later
  > > arrested for burglary and transferred to the San Diego jail. While
  > > waiting for the police to arrive, the suspect admitted that he had
  > > cut the covers out of the magazines. He later claimed that this
  > > work was "what he did for a living". A folder he was carrying
  > > contained a letter he allegedly had received from his "employer"
  > > ordering the specific magazine covers and mentioning an enclosed
  > > $500 for previous "services". The suspect later admitted to police
  > > that his employer sends him to specific university and public
  > > libraries, where he finds magazine covers containing celebrity
  > > photos. Once in the hands of his employer, the covers are sent to
  > > the celebrity appearing on the cover, along with a letter
  > > requesting an autograph. The autographed cover is then mounted and
  > > sold as a collector's item.
  > >
  > > The suspect later indicated that his "employer" was from the
  > > Washington state area, but this has not been verified. It seems
  > > likely that this person has others working for him in other cities.
  > > If you have information about similar incidents or questions about
  > > this one, please give me a call at 619-534-1271. Thank you.
  > >
  > > Nancy Beale
  > > Access Services, Asst. Dept Head
  > > University Library
  > > Univ of California, San Diego
  > > La Jolla, California
  > > bealen[_at_]ucsd.edu