While we are registering disagreements, let me (publicly this time rather than privately) register *my* disagreement. I think it's pretty obvious that intellectual property rights should be strongly protected. What *is* interesting is *why* intellectual property is important to protect. There are excellent reasons why intellectual property rights exist and have existed in one form or another in so many places and for so long; probably the most important is that, without them, artists and inventors lose an extremely important incentive to carry on their work. Of course, if one were a luddite, for example, one might want to oppose intellectual property protections, because getting rid of them would almost certainly have a very chilling effect on the development of technology. Therefore, you may fail miserably in your proselytizing, Lee. :-) (Perhaps we can continue this conversation on http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/CopyrightTalk ...) --Larry