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Jay - You are indeed correct about copywright protection! I learned this the other night from one of my daughters who is a commercial artist (she has had a couple occasions where her work was copied then reproduced illegally for profit). Also an attorney friend - a rabid Allis-Chalmers collector who looks down on my IHC stuff, but otherwise is a decent guy - shared a similar opinion around copywright protection. --- Bottom line here is while the Ebay auction twisted my tail a bit and caused me some minor annoyance, it certainly never caused me "financial harm". Rather I suspect the potential illegal profit by this clown at my expense probably wouldn't cover the price of a fish fry and pitcher of beer at the local tavern for my wife and me. I.e. it's not a big deal. And on the positive side, over the past 6 or 7 years I have benefited beyond my wildest imagination from the collective wisdom shared by the good people on this board. It's only appropriate I "give something back" by sharing my diagrams free of charge with the like-minded folks here. And....with the hit counter on my diagrams page now approaching 200,000 views, it appears this goal is being accomplished. That's reward enough for me! ...Bob M
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