McGrath of Harlow said, "Given that you have agreed to remove from the data base any songs which Harry the Fox and Co can plausibly identify as being copyrighted to anybody whom he represents, and that a complete copy of the data base has been made available to them, I find it hard to believe that any court would give time of day to a bid to use it to harass the MC or the DT at this point."

Max, there's much value to this point of view BUT MAKE SURE YOU CAN PROVE that you've done the above. Send a registered letter *and* a certified one with proof of receipt if necessary.

A lot of the posts here have made similar points: Bolster your case in any way possible, document everything, keep it in writing, avoid being overtly adversarial, don't converse with them over the phone or face to face without a lawyer present etc. Sounds like good advice to me.

And for us recipients of the Mudcat bounty, "try to find ways to support the financial drain on Max" is also good advice. - Rita F