On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:27:56 +0000 (UTC), "Keith \(Dorset\)"
wrote:


Mike and others

As an afterthought (as a now part-retired magazine photojournalist) I wonder
if the magazines would be able to offer such an agreeably invaluable
archive...

The reason for this is, that in many cases, where the original plans /
feature material had been bought in from freelancers, they would have to pay
further 'electronic rights' - extra payments in order that they could be
allowed to reproduce the articles online. This is currently a very hot topic
among journalists and photographers, as some listreaders here may be aware

Perhaps this may be a reason why 'we' have both apparently failed to find
substantial archives of plans from woodworking magazines which we can dip in
to.

Just a thought...

Cheers,

What you envisage in terms of having these plans available on-line is
the ideal situation. You make a good point about the electronic rights
complications. Failing this level of availability though, I'd be happy
to buy a copy of the original magazine if there was a plan I wanted in
there. The trick is pinpointing a specific plan in the magazine's
publication history.
Keith


Mike wrote:

Thanks Keith, I'll have a look on eBay as you suggest. The CD's should
be very useful. I think that the potential in being able to search
multiple magazine archives from one place on the Internet would be
useful on a much larger scale though. I hope I can either find site
that enables this or start developing one.




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Mike Halmarack

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