Not true, Toby. Read Copyright Basics, Circular 1, page 4: "The use of the copyright notice is the responsibility of the copyright owner and does not require advance permission from, or registration with, the Copyright Office." All work is automatically copyrighted the moment it is in "fixed" form--not after it's been registered. Cat In a message dated 7/3/99 6:23:11 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Thanks to all who replied about the copyright symbol. For those of you who didn't know how to make the symbol, you hold down the alternate button and type the numbers 0169 from the number keypad. I have also learned that it is improper to use this symbol unless one has registered one's work with the proper authority. Thanks again, Toby Hekler >>