The reason a pose is not copyrightable is because copyright law does not cover "program settings". It is as simple as that. The files that make up the pose have no context outside of Poser (& now DAZStudio). One does not look at the PZ2 file and think of it as art - it must be applied (in Poser or D|S) to particularly rigged 3D figures before it becomes artistic expression. Up until it is applied - it is simply a list of values for joint dials in a posing application. For the record, although DAZ disputes this, joint parameters also fall into this category. While meshes and textures have artistic context outside the Poser application - joint parameters do not. They are simply settings telling Poser how to deform a mesh when a joint is rotated in certian ways. That is, it is a "functional aspect" of the 3D figure - not an artistic expression. As such - they are not covered by copyright (though they ARE covered by EULA's should you have agreed to one for the figures in question). In other words - no Poses (& Joint Parameters) are not covered by copyright BUT copying & distributing them is still against the law if the EULA you agreed to when purchasing / installing the figures states that you may not do so (which is generally every EULA I have ever read). --EK