You really think the courts won't try to shut the internet down? Have you not been following the RIAA and the MPAA's battle over P2P sharing... that is EXACTLY what you are saying to do. Violate copyright on a massive scale, and see what they do... the DMCA and other crazy laws are what they do. The real solution is for someone to grow a brain, and revise what is determined as needing a copyright. I personally have no objection to Disney keeping MM in their control. They still actively develop new stuff using the character. I think it is quite fair for them to have exclusive control over MM (and other things). But what needs to be done is revise copyright, so things that are in use (and REALLY in use) can be protected, and the rest of the stuff that has been abondoned will go public domain. This way, the junk the companies don't actively use or care about, can be opened up for others to take advantage of, rather than being caught up in the middle of the wars over the handful of stuff that is still used and desired to be protected. And that's all I will say on this about to be wildly out of control topic. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>