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Poster: MPDMedia Date: Feb 13, 2024 4:41am
Forum: texts Subject: Re: public domain of catalogs after 1928

An example of what you're referring to:
https://archive.org/details/NewColor-perfectWallpapers/page/n11/mode/thumb
There are only twelve Sears stores still operating in the continental US. The company is pretty much defunct. Most of the people associated with catalogs pre-1964 are probably dead and the publishing houses never bothered to re-up the copyright on such productions. Styles change and designs are no longer produced, except on special order. I would imagine the only people who need/want these older works are in Hollywood or Broadway.

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Poster: bobbybaker Date: Feb 13, 2024 8:56am
Forum: texts Subject: Re: public domain of catalogs after 1928

It is not just Sears, but numerous companies have catalogs listed in the archives as public domain and published even into the 50's and 60's. I suspect your reference to the catalogs not having their copyrights renewed would make the most sense. I don't think the death of anyone associated with the catalogs would make a difference on whether the copyright was still valid if there was even a valid copyright to begin with. Thanks very much for your comments. Much appreciated. If others have a viewpoint on this, I would love to hear it. Best regards