Old news in terms of the granting of a patent on subdomains.. new news (afaik) that theyve now started sending out letters telling folks they need to pay now for a license: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/36707.html Patent: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=10&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=Shuster.IN.&s2=Brian.IN.&OS=IN/Shuster+AND+IN/Brian&RS=IN/Shuster+AND+IN/Brian So, does anything need doing or like New.net and SCO do we just need to laugh at the futility and stupidity of these people and get back to more boring things? Steve