----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology is interested in the use of copyright as a control on the use of geologic maps in electronic format. I would like to hear from anyone who has had experience with protecting digitized map data from unfair use. If copyright is not the appropriate means of protection, what other options are available? Sylvia Bender Senior Librarian 801 K Street, MS 14-34 Sacramento, CA 95814-3532 916-327-1850 [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] * USENET # Mountains West BBS # (916) 726-2771