This problem is obviously increasing. Like others who have commented here I do like to retain my copyright but always react generously to polite requests (I've done two funerals recently for instance). The Bioimages site (http://www.bioimages.org.uk/) has recently been offline and I think still hasn't got its pictures back on line after server overload from people downloading the ENTIRE SITE. Much of it is ignorance of the legal position I am sure - combined with a "the web is free" myth. My main motivation is to share images I enjoy making as I am sure it is for list members who contribute to the wiki. Perhaps adding a Creative Commons Copyright notice to the wiki pages would help a bit - I think the balance struck by that venture is about right. http://creativecommons.org/ Reply / forward from John Crellin http://www.floralwiki.co.uk/ the new bit of http://www.floralimages.co.uk/