Scott - IMHO you're not ranting, you're being too generous. The math on the antiquated 56Kbps modems many people (including myself) still use is very simple : o 56Kbps roughly equals a d/l speed of 7Kb a sec o Allow for slow-line jumps, errors etc. and you have 5Kb a sec o According to the www-wizards (www.useit.com), even a dedicated fan's patience is 10 secs maximum o ...meaning that anything above 50Kb is a prime candidate for the "Back" button The viewable-without-scrolling area in a browser is roughly 800x600 on a 1024x768 screen, which is still the most common setting. And at that res, few pictures will suffer from being squeezed to below 50Kb. They WILL look lousy when printed - but that will probably only bother the pirates. The honest users will contact the artist for a copy of the hi-rez original. So I agree with all above - keep repeating this message until the bandwith-guzzlers hear it. We can always tell'em it's in their own best interests - it would even be true ;o)