Hi all, Kathi and Joan are SPOT ON!! I get that data isn't protected, it was the e-mail after e-mail, verbatim, that he copied and pasted into the notes section of each individual that I was refering to. And yes, they were copied complete, and were far more than a few lines! THANKS AGAIN! Joan A. In a message dated 7/22/2006 1:37:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mdcat.geo@yahoo.com writes: Pat: I wasn't talking about her data but her personal emails to him ... his publication of them as a whole exceeds Fair Use. Forwarding my email to this list elsewhere as a whole without my consent would exceed Fair Use and be of violation of my copyright on my email. It was my understanding that he published her emails in their entirety. Data of course is a different story. Bottom line on this for researchers be careful of what you share until you know someone really well unless you want to see it published all over the place, with or without "credit", correct or not. Kathi Jones-Hudson