OT -- Information about Bra-Mac Photo Cards...

[rhettyeakley]

TCDB is a useful site sometimes BUT they steal images and info from wherever they can find them without giving any credit. Not sure why do that but they do.

They went to my website and essentially stole all the images I have of my Zeenut collection and have added them to their site without ever letting me know. 🤣

I honestly do not like uploading images on my site anymore because of it.

I realized this when I was looking at a card on TCDB and said “wow that looks just like my copy” …then realized they had stolen (likely) a thousand+ images.

Kind of a shitty thing to do actually.

[Spike]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

TCDB is a useful site sometimes BUT they steal images and info from wherever they can find them without giving any credit. Not sure why do that but they do.

They went to my website and essentially stole all the images I have of my Zeenut collection and have added them to their site without ever letting me know. 🤣

I honestly do not like uploading images on my site anymore because of it.

I realized this when I was looking at a card on TCDB and said “wow that looks just like my copy” …then realized they had stolen (likely) a thousand+ images.

Kind of a shitty thing to do actually.

Was that for a gallery like this 1919 set?

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/si...e-Nut-NNO-Ally

If so, a mix of people uploaded those images, including these members. Each image links to the person who uploaded it.

https://www.tcdb.com/Profile.cfm/styxscottii
https://www.tcdb.com/Profile.cfm/ComposerMike

I believe individuals submit all card images to TCDB, so if you'd prefer cards that belong to you are removed, try asking TCDB to strike them using a page's "See any inaccuracies?" link. You might also ask in their forum what options exist.

https://www.tcdb.com/Forums.cfm

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by Spike

Was that for a gallery like this 1919 set?

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/si...e-Nut-NNO-Ally

If so, a mix of people uploaded those images, including these members. Each image links to the person who uploaded it.

https://www.tcdb.com/Profile.cfm/styxscottii
https://www.tcdb.com/Profile.cfm/ComposerMike

I believe individuals submit all card images to TCDB, so if you'd prefer cards that belong to you are removed, try asking TCDB to strike them using a page's "See any inaccuracies?" link. You might also ask in their forum what options exist.

https://www.tcdb.com/Forums.cfm

I hadn't seen your reply to me from July until this got brought back to the top.

Yeah almost their entire Zeenut image database was lifted from my own site StarsOfTheDiamond.com which I mostly use as a checklist for when I am at shows to check my current copy against any I may see as possible upgrades.

I get that I "put them out there" and people can steal whatever they want...but it still feels pretty shitty to have a "for profit" website steal images without even consulting with me.

If there was any doubt the following card is the only example of this card known to exist (somewhat recent find) that was on the "theoretical checklist" until this example was found...


My website:
https://www.starsofthediamond.com/17zeefournier.jpg

TCDB:
https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/si...er?PageIndex=1

I have completely stopped updating my site because of all this as they essentially stole my hard work.

[Sleepless72]

I created a TCDb account and have been adding sets for a few years now. The whole cards vs. photos argument they've made in the past doesn't make sense to me, so I post... whatever... and let them tell me why it shouldn't count. Most of my checklists are still up there, so that's something. It really should be baseball cards and related items, and I think that anything released by Topps that's not clothing should be fair game for checklisting; by extension, anything that resembles in its format something that Topps produced should also be eligible.

TCDb may or may not realize it, but it's standing on the precipice of greatness. I don't think anyone else has so comprehensive a site available for free (and yes, it is free, though you can pay for a version that doesn't have ads, which I think is fair), and the hobby is worse for not having things like the Standard Catalog to flip through.

I do think they might be rethinking some of what should and shouldn't be allowed on the site as I've seen a few items appear recently that might not have made the cut before (Jay Publishing, Sportservice), so there's hope that the TCDb will continue to improve in the coming years. Maybe they'll eventually allow folks to upload checklists for the 8" x 10" publicity photos that teams used to publish and distribute.

As for the Bra-Mac (the reason I popped into this discussion in the first place), if anybody wants to send me any Bra-Mac checklists, I'm happy to upload them to the site. They may take them down... but then again, maybe not. (And I'd love it if you donated some sample photos to the cause, as I only have a few Pirates that I can scan from the 1930s set.)

By the way, this is my first post here, so, uh, go easy on me...!

Chris

[John1941]

Welcome, Chris.

As someone who uses both sites (I'm TCDB's Name-That-Set all-time champion), I appreciate the work you're doing with TCDB and hope you find Net54 congenial.

[cubman1941]

Chris,

I also appreciate your work on TCDB. I use TCDB extensively and it is my "go-to" site when I am looking for a check list.

Jim

[Sleepless72]

Thanks for the welcome, gentlemen. Net54 is amazing; I've been lurking here for several months. I probably can't afford most of the cards shown here, but I've enjoyed drooling over them from this side of the screen. "If I were a rich man...."

Yeah, any checklists that you feel should appear there but aren't able to post yourself, just let me know. (Lately, I've been working on the slew of Pirates team-issued sets, so expect a post or three hundred on that topic eventually.)