Jeremy The topic of copyright has come up in a recent art history course of mine. In Canada the unauthorized use of slides of artwork in the classroom is, as I understand it, becoming a hot issue. I have heard that the United States has a law (Academic Usage Law??) which allows the use of any material in an academic situation to be legal. Is this true? Unfortunately, in Canada we do not have a similar law. Therefore, the unauthorized use (ie. anything that was not purchased, and can later be proven by reciepts) "is strictly prohibited". My professor gave an example: '... even the writing of a contempoary poem on a grade five black- board is illegal (in Canada)'. As to the situations concerning rented material, I do not know but I will look into it and try to get back to you. I am far from an expert on this issue, but 'copyright' is becoming a heated issue in Canada. (I have also heard that some group is trying to make it mandatory for Canadian libraries to pay those who hold a copyright to a book, for example, to pay a user's fee 'every' time that book is signed out) david [if anyone can shed more light on this situation in Canada, or if anyone can correct me on anything I've said - the help would be appreciated]