David: Regarding your note to Amalyah about "copyright" as a verb, what is the date of publication of your dictionaries? Prior to 1978, the only method of receiving a federal copyright was to either publish the work with a proper copyright notice or register the work with the US Copyright Office. Both involved positive action on the part of the copyright owner. Therefore, to use copyright as a verb was proper. After 1977, however, nothing in addition to creating an original work or authorship in a tangible medium of expression is required for the copyright to exist. There is no positive action that brings about copyright protection for a pre-existing work. What does it mean, today, to "copyright" a work? Does it mean that a copyright notice has been placed on the work? This does not give the work copyright protection. Does it mean that the work has been registered with the Copyright Office? This not give copyright protection to the work either. After 1-1-78, to "copyright a work" really has no meaning. Therefore, I must agree with Amalyah. Robert Lind Professor of Law Southwestern University School of Law Los Angeles, CA 90005 [log in to unmask]