There is absolutely no reason to be hostile. I was addressing some issues that were not addressed, and providing a link with information. As a matter of fact, I do have a copyright laywer, I own a business which relies on knowledge of International Copyright law, I've been on the net since 1993, and I live in Australia, one of the members of the Berne Convention. I suggest that you take a chill pill, and I also suggest that you read up on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. I also worked at an ISP, and I was the official copyright contact. When a complaint was made, we dealt with it IMMEDIATELY. We didn't say, "Prove it's yours." We took it down and then sorted it out from there. Generally speaking, and based on many years of experience, when a complaint is filed ISPs are far, FAR more likely to act first and ask questions later, and the burden of proof IS on the person who has been accused. Yes, proof is necessary, but it's a hell of a lot easier to prove you made something than for a thief to prove you didn't... Now relax. Most people here are not going to take some idiot at Geocities to court if they find their images being misused, so the fact is, knowing how to get them to remove your stuff is probably of more practical use than telling people how to register copyrights with the Library of Congress. And that's all I was doing. shrug bonni

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