"A fine gesture indeed but ultimately meaningless." I take your points about those without ethics well; there's probably not much you can do about those with malice or those with no respect, but I do think it's possible that the text reminder may give pause to those who don't really have an understanding of copyright but have no intention of "stealing." Clearly there are those who have poor or iffy ethics, but I think it's also clear that some copyright violations are the result of common ignorance. Whether we like it or not, copyright laws simply aren't as commonly understood as, say, "don't exceed the speed limit." When the incident that I'd referred to earlier happened to me, the excuses that I'd cited weren't just lame copouts from totally unaccountable persons, the persons honestly didn't realize that what they'd done was wrong. After a bit of reasonably respectful back-and-forth, I received an apology and all was forgiven. Happy endings may not be ubiquitous, but if you don't believe they're possible, you inhibit their chances of occuring. I'd like to think that the image-snaggers I dealt with learned something from the experience, if only a bit of consciousness-raising. I honestly think that if my image had included a message like the one Renderosity is now posting, the incident wouldn't have occurred. I hate that "images posted to the 'net are public domain" line of thinking, but it seems that some people truly believe it's the case. Steps taken to defy that line can't be all bad. :-)