ok, this thread has stayed nice and polite for a good 47 messages. Just becuase someone doesnt have proper grammer, or doesnt use proper grammer is no reason to discredit someone. And what SOP siad is correct, If you download a item-whether its free or not and it includes terms of use with it. Then those are your terms of use, you either agree to them and abide by the creators wishes, or delete the file and dont use it at all. Becuase by ignoring the said terms you become liable for damages(not that any of us have the time or resources to pursue actions legally or would truly want to go that route)but you do become liable, and are subject to some form of repercussins from the creator. And according to coyright law, whether or not you have filed, once a item is created, it is automatically protected by copyright law, filing is only good for speeding up legal procedures. the following is taken directly from Circular 1-Copyright Basics provided by the US Copyright office: Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States(title 17, U.S. Code) tp the aithors pf "original works of authorship" including literay, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Sectiopn 106 of the Copyroght Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following: To reproduce the copyrighted work in copies. To prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work. To distribute copies of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. To display the copyrighted work publicly, in the case of pictoral, graphic, or sculptural works, including motion picture or other audiovisual work. It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the Act to the owner of copyright. Copyright protection susists from the time the work is created in a fixed form:that is, it is an incident of the process of authorship. The copyright in the work of authorship immediatly becomes the property of the author who created it.