Well, like myself nobodies opinion is budging. So i figure we should end with a poll. 1. Without a copyright, can a modeler hold any legal rights over an object? 2. Without a copyright, can a modeler honld any legal rights over a render of their object? 3. With a copyright, can a modeler hold any legal rights over a render of their object? 4. Does a modeler who distributes models (free or otherwise)have the right to control the way the model is used? please answer the preceding questions. About my last statment, you must have misunderstood. The itiot isn't the one who distributes a free model. The itiot is the one who would freely distribute a model and get bent out of shape when they found that it was being used.