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Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:51 pm
by Six Volt
72westie wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 7:58 am It’s stock height again
Were you selling it? If I had known, I would have bought it. :D All the singles I saw were overpriced rust buckets. I settled for a non-rust overpriced panel. :lol:

Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:43 pm
by 72westie
It's in storage right now. Not really trying to sell it, but I would let it go.

Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:34 pm
by THINGE
I think we need to take a poll for what logo ends up on your bus. My vote is for Reddy Kilowatt.

Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:07 pm
by Six Volt
That's really pretty cool. I was also thinking of some old airline logos.
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How about a gum company? :lol:
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Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:36 pm
by Dual Port
I like Reddy Kilowatt too, but I think it would be wise to go with a logo used by a company that's no longer in business. Maybe us schlocks would use Reddy but I think Sean wouldn't. No sense causing issues you don't need to. ;)

Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:02 pm
by Karl Kombi
...Or a defunct German Company.
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Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:01 am
by toolbox
Karl Kombi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:02 pm ...Or a defunct German Company.

German Telefunken.jpg
Except Telefunken is not defunct...

Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:23 am
by Karl Kombi
My bad -- I know that Daimler dropped the Telefunken name when it acquired the company, but I didn't realize that another company was recently granted the rights to use the Telefunken name. :!:

Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:56 am
by THINGE
Go talk to Pat Conway and figure out a way to use the GLBC logo.

Re: Sean's '59 Panel

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:15 am
by Six Volt
Pat Conway went to St. Eds. He and his brother (Dan) were a couple years behind me. They probably have enough advertising as is. :lol: And GLBC wasn't around in '59.
Dual Port wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:36 pm I like Reddy Kilowatt too, but I think it would be wise to go with a logo used by a company that's no longer in business. Maybe us schlocks would use Reddy but I think Sean wouldn't. No sense causing issues you don't need to. ;)
Bruce makes a good point about copyright laws. Ohio Edison (in Brandon's post) is a subsidiary of First Energy. Thus, Ohio Edison still exists, even if they don't feature that name. According to this site http://www.reddykilowatt.org/about/ about 200 utility compaines used the RK image back in the day. Has it now entered the public domain and lost its protection? Who knows? I'm sure its probaby copyrighted by someone (what isn't?) somewhere.

(Edit: I should have been more specific. In this instance, the RK logo is really a Trademark).

I am kind of surprised if that site is selling RK stuff though. That's usually a no-no for anyone holding a copyright. I've seen a lot of protected stuff used by others, but once you try to make money off something, that's a different story. You could probably paint Scooby Doo (I'm sure that image is protected) on the side of a bus and get away with it, but if you were using it to make money, and they found out about it, I'd guess you'd receive a letter.

This reminds me of a boatdock/marina down near Edgewater. A few years ago I saw a fuel pump there with a SOHIO sign above it in red white and blue. Its BP, but they probably have that SOHIO logo copyrighted and still use it on occasion to keep it out of the public domain.

Here's a nice little summary about images and the public domain. https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/p ... n/welcome/

When I see stuff like this https://www.spreadshirt.com/reddy+kilow ... 01?view=D1 it makes me think they've let it go.

I wouldn't rule out going with RK, but I'd like to explore a lot more options over the winter. While walking back from a meeting I went into the downtown main library yesterday. They have all the old city directories going back like 100 years on the 6th floor. I only had a few minutes, but I pulled out one from 1959 and saw some interesting names and images. At one time my Dad worked for an offshoot of that Slobody plumbing.

Collinwood may still be in business and Pickands Mather is probably part of Cleveland Cliffs.
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