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Thread Number: 26566
Cataloging Sears Catalogs |
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| Post# 297469 , Reply# 1 9/7/2014 at 19:48 (3,511 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT) | ||
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Sounds like a good idea! How do we make a thread sticky? | ||
| Post# 297470 , Reply# 2 9/7/2014 at 19:52 (3,511 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I have.. Lots of old Sears catalogues, I need to put them in order and see which ones I dont have.. | ||
| Post# 297483 , Reply# 4 9/7/2014 at 22:26 (3,511 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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| Post# 297486 , Reply# 5 9/7/2014 at 22:39 (3,511 days old) by DesertTortoise () | ||
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AutomaticEphemera.org huh? Have to give it a look. Thanks. Still, we need to collect vacuum related knowledge right here and make it searchable for members and enthusiasts. | ||
Post# 297509 , Reply# 6 9/8/2014 at 07:25 (3,511 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Hold On
Speaking of copyright, there is a reason while I only have Sears sales catalogs and not the big main catalog pages on Automatic Ephemera. The big bi-annual Sears catalogs are not in the Public Domain, meaning they are still under copyright protection. Sears renewed their copyrights properly 28 years later as they expired only on their full-size catalogs. While an occasional post of one page is OK, that falls under fair use, but to make an entire collection would not be legal. Wards catalogs are ok from 1963 back.
So that idea is out, at least on any site that I run. I did a lot of research on what is legal to post and what is not on all things appliance related and large collections of Sears catalogs is not. | ||
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Post# 297517 , Reply# 8 9/8/2014 at 09:20 (3,511 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Well, can we at least have a section where we can save our own technical know how and experience with particular brands
I don't see why that is necessary, all repairs of the vintage vacuums appear in the Vintage Forum and more modern vacuum repair threads go in the Contemporary Forum. Making more forums on essentially the same topic will just make searching more difficult. I will however kick that idea around in my head and discuss it with others to see if there is a valid need for it. And by the way DT about this... This site isn't that, how to say, full featured but please don't interpret that as a criticism. This site is even more full featured than most discussion forums, you just have to be an upgraded/donating member to have access to these features. You even have access to a more direct way of searching the site. | ||
| Post# 297584 , Reply# 10 9/8/2014 at 16:42 (3,510 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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I love this site the way it is, it's far more advanced than any other forum I've been on! You should really look into all the great features that come with membership, it help keeps vacuumland afloat!
Robert, are you sure that only Wards catalogs printed before 1963 are legal? The beloved company that printed them sadly left the industry in 2001, by the way of bankruptcy. The name was bought by an online shopping company, but that company is not affiliated with the original Montgomery Ward. The only work-around I can think of is that the copyrights on the vintage catalogs were included with the purchase? Who knows! | ||
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Post# 297676 , Reply# 11 9/9/2014 at 08:08 (3,510 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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The name was bought by an online shopping company
Yup, when that Wisconsin company bought the holdings of Mont. Wards, all the copyright ownership gets transferred to them. Even without that, the owners still own their copyright, it never goes away. And it's before 1964 is OK for Wards since unlike Sears Wards didn't renew their copyrights, (not before 1963 as you stated above). | ||
| Post# 297765 , Reply# 12 9/9/2014 at 20:28 (3,509 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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Ah, thanks for confirming my suspicion! I have 2 of the 'new' Wards catalogs and an original 1976 catalog....just another reason to buy more WARDS catalogs!
I was looking at some on the internet, found some on Etsy...$18 for three of them! Only catch was, it wasn't 3 1940s Wards catalogs, but 3 digital copies of 1940s Wards catalogs on a flash drive! That put me in such a mood, I guess he never wants to run out of stock! Besides,I don't do shopping on the internet anyhow, too complicated,I do everything in cash! | ||
| Post# 297844 , Reply# 13 9/10/2014 at 08:09 (3,509 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT) | ||
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DesertTortoise I just requested 1960, 1965, 1988. If you wanted to swap via email that would be great! Nicholas | ||
| Post# 297890 , Reply# 14 9/10/2014 at 14:28 (3,508 days old) by DesertTortoise () | ||
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Heh, heh, heh. Let me know when they respond. I have yet to hear back from them. | ||
| Post# 298159 , Reply# 15 9/12/2014 at 20:59 (3,506 days old) by bebring (Québec) | ||
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I asked for 1984, 1985 and 1986 | ||
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