Re Gord's comments: First... >>I'm no lawyer... and I don't live in the US... but when I last looked into the matter of copyright several years ago, I was told by a lawyer here in Canada, something to the effect that it is "common law" in virtually every country with copyright laws that it is not "legally" necessary for the original author of a work to place a "notice of copyright" on it. The "right" simply exists as a matter of law and belongs to the author. (same thing with works of art -- much more enforceable if the work is also signed, however -- and today, even with software programs -- all termed "intellectual property").<< I received basicly the same information from the US government office when I inquired about copyrighting information. Mary