moin, moin, it's fighting the subpoena of a customer name for a libel suit. Not sure this really fits freedom of speech as libel is not protected speech. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/11/05/aol.privacy.reut/index.html Last I knew AOHell gladly turned over info to the feds, though. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.TOLISGroup.com/ # ... make it clear I support "Free Software" and not "Open Source", # and don't imply I agree that there is such a thing as a # "Linux operating system". - rms