GUEST Tom N, I understand your contention as I have worked with volunteers much of my life. The only thing that I don't think these folks grasp is that Dick and Susan are volunteers too, when it comes to the DT. This isn't something that is a revenue source for them. It is simply a labor of love that they have preserved for us over the years. And it is now, and will become moreso, an invaluable tool for musicologists and researchers as the years go by. One of the best researchers I know when it comes to music is Dan Milner (AKA Liam's Brother). Ask someone like him how important it is to have multiple versions. But I digress. I would suspect this isn't about basic courtesy as much as it is about having to scramble to make a living everyday, and still try and keep up with the emails, etc. that come in. And understand that one of the most important things we do when we use volunteers is to screen them for what they have the aptitude to do best. Another time consuming task. As I say, I don't think it is that Dick is intending to ignore, rather he just doesn't have time.

But to get back to the basic premise of this which was started by a slug.....................it is a free resource, you rummy. Your options are 1)Use it and quit bitchin'. 2)Quit using it and shut the hell up. 3)If you are so damn good, and think that all this that we have been saying is a load of bollocks, then you start your version of the DT and let us judge you.

Mick