Copy protection is incredibly difficult. Remember that the RIAA has been trying for some time. They have been unsuccessful so far. BUT, once we do get copy protection working, then it will be able to protect all sorts of data. For example, we will be able to copy protect books, so that they can only be read by authorized people, and so that payment must happen for each reading. Copy protection cuts many ways. Here is an article on that topic. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html James S. Huggins ... ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************