no no, i'm sure you're correct... intellectual property rights of course would be considered in court... i remember some of that when i was doing research into DRM or Digital Rights Management while playing with Yahoo Music Player among others. I was just thinking (or not thinking) that somewhere the statute of limitations was like 7 years for murder... or maybe that was for a bad debt? whichever, depending on what perspective you view it from... being sued after 39 years can seem absurd. But, then again, if I owned such property i'd too wish to be adequately compensated... so please forgive me, i failed to realize with whom i was speaking... as fine authors should, y'all perform research & have gained more respect from me, my bad... sorry