1) Until a professional code emerges, one ethical possibility, that will still permit Internet researchers to go global but act within local rules is to simply expect them to rigorously apply the golden rule - 'do unto others ... etc.' - a temporary shelter perhaps, but well worth considering. 2) Certainly Laud Humphries did not apply this rule when he wrote and released Tea-Room Trade in the seventies and look where that debate went. 3) Privacy rules go so far in the UK that if you are being harassed by a telephone crank, you cannot obtain a call trace. A delightful system that fully protects the rights of the harasser! Cheers, dr. david neice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David C. Neice digital-literacy.com :-) Website at http://www.kw.igs.net/~neice/ Address: 47 Combermere, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5B2 Tel: 519-885-2951 Fax: 519-885-5263 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~