A few quick points: 1. If the quotes are already publicly available and thus presumably indexed by search engines, does it do much good to obfuscate the author's name or handle? Of course, if the quotes are trivial or common it would be hard to trace them back to the correct author (but if they're trivial or common do they need to be included in a publication?). But what are the ethics involved here? If subjects wrongly believe themselves to be publishing in private or semi-private forums should we continue to honor that belief ("play along" with them?) in some way? Surely others have put significant thought into this and can provide us some guidance! 2. I'm very surprised that no one has raised "fair use" or "fair dealing" in the brief discussion of copyright. I don't know about copyright and intellectual property in Finland but in many countries there are research and scholarship exceptions in copyright law allowing us to publish copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. When appropriate, we shouldn't be shy about taking advantage of those rights. Copyright should not be an excuse to prematurely or unnecessarily censor or restrict ethical, valuable research. By not understanding or taking advantage of copyright law there seems to be a danger that we unnecessarily self-censor our work, possibly more harshly than even the most aggressive copyright holders. Kevin