Joan, The copyright moment in this case was my wonderment whether the FTM contributors had actually contributed files with the intent of them being published and sold. The rumors that followed caused pretty big damage and FTM bashing around the genealogy groups, which were, it seems now, pretty young at the time. I was on-topic in an off-topic sort of way. People refused to buy the CDs with the excuse that the files had been inappropriately obtained; however it didn't seem to bother them to borrow them at the library or incorporate into their own files information from them. Debbie There were more sales in between there...FTM started with Bannerblu, was sold to Broderbund, then was sold to Mattel, then to The Learning Company, and then to MyFamily.com (now TGN). I may have missed a few sales along the way--but that's most of them. Genealogy.com and the GenForum boards came along at some point in time and were connected with FTM--probably about the time Mattel or The Learning Company owned it--and they were all a part of the eventual sale to MyFamily.com. The important thing is that TGN inherited the product and the websites and the whole thing -- user agreements already in place. TGN simply didn't change any AUPs or user agreements or policies for any of the companies they purchased along the way--Genealogy.com and FTM, RootsWeb, etc. Hope that is clear--I know we need to get back to focusing on copyright discussion. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour