Thank you kieraw for clearing that up. I couldn't have said it better myself Stormrage wrote: "Shaking head.. Ask a hundred lawyers and each one will give you a different answer Alleycat." Now this is just not true Storm and it is epidemic of a general mistrust of professionals in this country. I have to say as the son of a lawyer that it kind of pisses me off too. All lawyers have something that you do not, THEY WENT TO LAW SCHOOL AND PASSED THE BAR EXAM! Geez at least give them some credit for the hard work it takes to become an officer of the court. Next you're going to tell me that all you need to perform surgery is a dirty pair of work gloves and a dull knife? Let me ask you this; Let's say I copied all your artwork and did like you said and mailed it to myself BEFORE you could mail it to yourself. Would I now hold the copyrights to all your work simply because I mailed a letter to myself before you could? OF COURSE NOT! Because a self addressed postmarked letter IS NOT A LEGALLY BINDING COPYRIGHT! Guys I hope you at least believe kieraw and AMEX now that you can see it in writing. But if you prefer to "roll your eyes" at me and say I'm a liar or stupid, hey feel free to live in ignorance the rest of your life. Mail yourself all the letters you want and when you go to court and the judge just laughs at you and "rolls his eyes", you'll know I was right. Now please stop perpetuating this stupid myth, you are not helping anyone by spreading falsehoods. It's hard enough to protect our work without you gving people false information. To find out more about copyrights visit the US Copyrights Office web site at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ and get the facts, not the mythology.