Hi Martha, What you describe is in the public domain (my opinion -- I'm no guru). If one puts a comment in a news group it's for everyone, if it's private to say me at my personal address, I would treat it as "in confidence". Regards David (Martha Rohrer) wrote: > To add to David Havard's points about copyright: > > Quite a number of times when I have been using a search engine to seek > > information on a problem or a medication related to PD, I have turned > up > messages, from other forums like this one, written by individuals with > > neurological problems. From this I have assumed that our e-mail > messages are > in the public domain. Am I correct? > > Martha