No, he didn't hijack a thread. Education about technique should always include education about ethics. Would you teach someone to drive a car without FIRST telling him about the rules of the road? Would you teach someone how to shoot a gun without FIRST warning him not to carelessly point it at people? Identity theft can be just as harmful. As mentioned before, the FIRST day of my PhotoShop class, the instructor spent the entire lesson on ethics... teaching us not only how to find images on the web, but how to respect copyright; how to make changes, and when not to touch something; etc.. and she gave us a handout to reinforce her points. I believe it was Chesterton who said "Art, like morality, must draw the line somewhere". We need to teach people not only how to draw the line, but where to draw it. Carolly