jade - I do not dispute that the Dutch guy would have been more in line with netiquette had he asked permission. That is what I would have done in his place. In principle there is no difference between a 3d model, a photograph and a piece of writing. They are all the result of an creative proces requiring skills, talent and effort. Thus my point about deep linking still holds - whether it is to a newspaper article, to a picture or to a "free" 3d model. I just want us to be discussing the real thing. This is no question of copyright. It is a question of netiquette. And that covers the bandwith question as well. And then I'd like - perhaps at another time - to have a general discussion with you guys on the principal question of whether deep linking is OK or not, and on the general issue of copyright.