Hi-- I'm at work and just logged on for a minute. `

A couple of thoughts, ere I log off again: You might want to tape record any subsequent conversations with these guys, and make sure you let them know you're taping the conversation. (In some states, it's against the law to tape a conversation without informing the person you're taping.) This will serve to let them know that they can't say just any old thing, and that you're keeping a record of the conversations, so they will be held to account for what they say.

Second, I agree that you probably need an attorney at this point, if only to up the ante on their bluff, which it's apparent they're trying to pull. They want you to produce your song list so they can go to the publishers of the music with it and try to get them as paying clients. Maybe if they realize that you aren't going to be bullied into doing their work for them, they'll back off.

Also, I"ll ask our investigative reporter when he gets back from lunch if he can do a couple of searches (not on company time, in case my publisher is looking in) on these guys. He's a wonder at finding obscure information about people and organizations, so maybe he can get some background that would be useful in fighting fire with fire.

Hold your ground, m'dear. We have yet begun to fight...

WW