And the worst of it is that some > well-meaning photographers (in particular, just to get on topic) are > quite likely to end up assisting this sort of thuggery, under the > unfortunate delusion that it's going to "protect copyright". Yay, that's a good idea. Instead of "protecting copyright" just have "pay per download". Click on the image and your paypal account is automatically debited. Open the image --- same again. print the image ...etc. Working off-line - well, MicroSoft are setting up the infrastructure already to make that impossible: What else is XP anyway? > (* Curiously enough, there was a small headline on the front page of the > Asahi newspaper only today that the Japanese govt. is thinking about > de-Windozing itself. Hmm.) Do you think the US government would be so soft on Micr$oft if it was a Japanese company? Come the revolution Gates will replace Guy Fawkes for us.