Heathkit cult

[Rolf Dekleer]

You'd think that the current Heath Company would find a way to benefit from the near cult status they have with former kit builders and former employees.  

I'm not sure what that is, but it's food for thought.  Any ideas?

-----Original Message-----
From: Heathkit Owners and Collectors List
[mailto:HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]On Behalf Of Glen Zook
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:33 AM
To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: Re: Heath Catalogs


One thing to remember is that copyrights are still in
force (the Bono ammendment extended the Copyright Law
of the United States of America to 95 years) and thus
reproducing the catalogues would require permission
from the copyright holder.

Heath is STILL in business and is located in the "H"
shaped building that they occupied since the late
1950s in Saint Joseph, Michigan.  Their mailing
address was Benton Harbor but the plant was located in
Saint Joseph (south of Benton Harbor).  Heath is just
not making electronic kits any more.  I believe that
they are in the computer accessory, or something like
that, business these days.

I have no idea as to what their position would be
concerning reproducing their catalogues.  But, they
should be contacted to eliminate any possibility of
reprocussions.

The full text of the copyright law can be found at the
following URL:

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/index.html

Glen, K9STH


--- "Goss, Ed" <Ed.Goss at JHUAPL.EDU> wrote:

Speaking of scans...wouldn't it be nice if one of the
Heathkit-oriented websites included scans of the
covers of all the catalogs?


=====
Glen, K9STH

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