The THES may agree with some points made in Dearing Watch, the anti-fees newsletter published by dissident members of the NUS, but we are critical of its grasp of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. The front page picture of the current issue has been lifted straight from The THES of July . Taken by our photographer Neil Turner, it shows Sir Ron lifting his report in triumph (or relief) at its publication. Turner mentioned this borrowing at the Dearing Watch fringe meeting in Brighton to little effect.