Tim Thanks for this. Are you saying that in your view, if done in an office context, a person would be unlikely to argue 'personal use' even if it was advice to them as an individual? btw in this particular context, the person was asked 'do you mind if I record this' (and was taking notes on a sheet of paper at the time) and was told that would be fine. btw Charles has also raised the issue, which I can imagine would apply in some instances (but not this particular one where the words were professional advice given in their professional capacity as an employee to another employee), that spoken words can be copyright. Kind regards, Kathryn ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^