Hi Joan, Hmmmm, leave it to another Joan to be the first reply I've had that hasn't made me want to cry!!!! I just didn't want to e-mail him back, telling him to remove all references to me, if I didn't have a leg to stand on!! The thing that gets me, is that my e-mails DO say exactly what I wanted them to say, BUT, since he has my theories posted as fact on his personal data sheets, and then has my theories copied into the notes section below, it appears to the unknowing researcher that I passed along a theory, and he proved it, which he hasn't....which will leave people giving FAR more credulity to the info than it should merit!!!! Thanks again! Joan In a message dated 7/19/2006 6:47:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: In a message dated 7/19/2006 6:29:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Jma8763@aol.com writes: His response was that, unless I give him permission to use the data contained in my e-mails, that he HAS to keep them posted in order to publish the information they contain while preserving MY copyright?!!! SO, does anyone know if I actually HAVE a copyright to my e-mails? My suggestion: tell him to remove ANY reference to you and suggest that if he wishes to extract public record type info from your emails and post that as his OWN then he can do it, but let him know in no uncertain terms that neither YOU nor your original content are to be used on his website. That IS copyright infringement. There is nothing you can do if he wishes to use your assumptions and speculations to create his OWN assumptions and speculation -- if he posts misinformation under his own name then that is his right--but he can't take your original copyrighted text nor use you as a reference when you do not wish to be included on his page. If he doesn't cooperate with you then contact his hosting website to have the data about YOU and your copyrighted original text removed. Make sure, if this is necessary, that you explain he isn't cooperating with your removal request. It doesn't sound as though you would have any trouble proving he is using YOUR content since he is quoting you. Most hosting sites will act on a copyright complaint if you can prove your claim and if the violator is not cooperative. If not, your only recourse would be legal--OR...making sure you post your OWN data online as you would like it to appear. Then people can compare what he has vs. what you show and decide for themselves which to accept. Joan