In US Law, as I understand it, once you create something, it is automatically copyrighted, although for some reason, you can still "register" it somehow, which seems to me to be a waste of time, unless there is some potential problem of proving you created it. If it is a specific character, you can get a trademark, which is different. But I agree with the idea that if you give something away for free, do it with no strings attached. In my 'free stuff' files, I do have two strings attached, which is that it cannot be used for illegal or pornographic purposes - but I think that is reasonable, as I would not want to contribute to anything such as that. But if you make a picture you're going to sell using the free stuff I made, go to town! I'm staunchly pro-Capitalism, and anti-socialism, anti-communism. So, when someone has the "no commercial use" strings attached, it usually goes right to the Recycle Bin, unless it is of such quality that I would pay for it. And another thing. I get extremely annoyed when folks don't have a "terms of use" txt file along with the free thing, as I have to write them and ask what the terms of use are. Poser items usually have the TOU, but free Bryce files almost never have them. It would be an ideal world to download all this free stuff without worrying one bit about "terms of use", copyrights or copywrongs, but, sigh, the Millenial Kingdom of the Messiah has not yet arrived. Ben MessianicArt.com