canadian copyright site . read the very last paragraph on the page . http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/resources/copyright_law.jsp#general american http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/youright.htm Scroll down to "how do i secure my copyrights . Basically it is a game of cat and mouse . If you dont have proof of date and proof that you created it . Such as the origional . Then you have problems . Aswell they basically recommend you to place the copyright on all of your property . If you lose your origional copys . Wich can happen , atleast you could possibly find a copy on cevna with your copyright placed on it . Legalitys seem to be different from place to place . Yes copyright is supposed to take place as soon as you create your files . But prove you made it . Opps i no longer have those files . Or i no longer have that computer . Oops i formatted . ----- Original Message ----- From: JFK To: cndcoinerrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:26 PM Subject: [cndcoinerrs]: Re: Copyright Rob - That is also how I interpret our copyright laws. Problems can occur if the website had a disclaimer to the effect that "all material is copyright-free". Copyright is automatically granted to the author/artist of any work ( e.g., photo, diagram, etc) On 8/14/06, Rob Turner <rob7730@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: I'll begin by saying I'm not an attorney. I seems to me that if a contributer submits an article, or a photo, to CEVNA, and asserts the copyright for the author, and grants permission to CEVNA to use it, then everybody is covered. I think getting steady contributors may be hard enough in the long term without them worrying they are going to lose intellectual control of their contributions. JMHO, Rob