I hesitate to post this, as I'm not sure how legitimate it is, but here goes…
The other day, I was hunting around for an issue of ShopNotes that has a simple plan for a jig used to cut splined miters. I knew I'd seen the issue, but I couldn't remember if it was at the library (a great, free resource for various wood working magazines, at least in my area) or in a box of back-issues I'd ordered off of eBay, or in one of the recent issues I've received via subscription. So I started to Google.
I ended up downloading the ShopNotes index from their site, figured out what issue it was, then did a bit of sleuthing to figure out what the cover of that particular issue looked like (hoping to jog something loose in my memory). Instead, I came across this page at the Internet Archive.
Now, I love the Internet Archive for their sponsoring the Live Music Archive. And I've used their archives of various websites to facilitate a trip down memory lane. What I hadn't expected to find there was scanned copies of newer magazines. I believe (and here, I'll preface this by saying that I'm not a lawyer) this is a copyright violation, but I'm not certain. And, apparently, neither is ShopNotes. I emailed them questioning whether I could use this as a resource, and distribute it to others. Here's their reply:
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"Thank you for writing us. I don't know that we would have given permission for them to post our material. I did forward it to our controller to look at though. We appreciate you bringing this t our attention."
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And, a few days later, in response to my query as to what they'd heard back:
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"Thank you for writing back. We don't hear back from our controller if this an unauthorized site for sharing our material they will have it removed. I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you."
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And nothing since.
Anyway, I just wanted to put this out there. Maybe the appropriate person or persons will see this, and either let me know that this is a legit source (unlikely, in my mind), or get it removed from Archive.org. Either way is fine by me-I'd prefer to pay for my magazines (or let the library do so), so as to keep the publishers in, you know, business.
The other day, I was hunting around for an issue of ShopNotes that has a simple plan for a jig used to cut splined miters. I knew I'd seen the issue, but I couldn't remember if it was at the library (a great, free resource for various wood working magazines, at least in my area) or in a box of back-issues I'd ordered off of eBay, or in one of the recent issues I've received via subscription. So I started to Google.
I ended up downloading the ShopNotes index from their site, figured out what issue it was, then did a bit of sleuthing to figure out what the cover of that particular issue looked like (hoping to jog something loose in my memory). Instead, I came across this page at the Internet Archive.
Now, I love the Internet Archive for their sponsoring the Live Music Archive. And I've used their archives of various websites to facilitate a trip down memory lane. What I hadn't expected to find there was scanned copies of newer magazines. I believe (and here, I'll preface this by saying that I'm not a lawyer) this is a copyright violation, but I'm not certain. And, apparently, neither is ShopNotes. I emailed them questioning whether I could use this as a resource, and distribute it to others. Here's their reply:
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"Thank you for writing us. I don't know that we would have given permission for them to post our material. I did forward it to our controller to look at though. We appreciate you bringing this t our attention."
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And, a few days later, in response to my query as to what they'd heard back:
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"Thank you for writing back. We don't hear back from our controller if this an unauthorized site for sharing our material they will have it removed. I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you."
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And nothing since.
Anyway, I just wanted to put this out there. Maybe the appropriate person or persons will see this, and either let me know that this is a legit source (unlikely, in my mind), or get it removed from Archive.org. Either way is fine by me-I'd prefer to pay for my magazines (or let the library do so), so as to keep the publishers in, you know, business.