I think Douglas Winship may have misunderstood the AOL agreement, thinking that AOL is claiming copyright of anything put on AOL. It is claiming the right to USE that content for itself and its members royalty-free, EVEN THOUGH the poster/owner may hold copyright to it. It certainly forges new ground in the listworld, but I think it is a positive attempt to guarantee copyright protection and free use of info on the Net at the same time. That's possibly impossible, but that's what it looks like. Think of the newspapers (not just discussion lists) that are posted on AOL. Clearly they retain their copyrights; but AOL is trying to protect its users who may "clip and copy" into some dis- cussion and thereby broadcast copyrighted material worldwide. That's my read of it. Cindy H-G Dr. Lucinda Hart-Gonzalez (speaking for herself and not her agency) Foreign Service Institute National Foreign Affairs Training Center U.S. Department of State [log in to unmask]