diff --git a/etc/render-config.xml b/etc/render-config.xml
index 2c2fb03..9c2c364 100644
--- a/etc/render-config.xml
+++ b/etc/render-config.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@
          allows it. -->
     <!-- <gzip-output/> -->
 
+    <!-- If this is specified, the site will allow Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0+ Smart
+         Tags to be inserted into site text.  This is considered rude by many, and is quite
+         possibly a copyright violation by Microsoft (changing the site's text as viewed through
+         their browser, without consent of either the author or the end user).  The default setting
+         inserts a META tag into the page which *should* prevent this (but may not, if MS provides
+         a setting to override site author preferences, which would be despicable). -->
+    <!-- <ms-copyright-violations/> -->
+
     <!-- Specifies the default <FONT FACE=""> to use for all text. -->
     <font>Arial, Helvetica</font>
 
diff --git a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderConfig.java b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderConfig.java
index b634a3a..a638959 100644
--- a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderConfig.java
+++ b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderConfig.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class RenderConfig
   private String site_title;
   private boolean want_comments;
   private boolean allow_gzip;
+  private boolean no_smart_tags;
   private String font_face;
   private String image_url;
   private String static_url;
@@ -104,10 +105,12 @@ public class RenderConfig
     DOMElementHelper render_sect_h = new DOMElementHelper(render_sect);
     want_comments = render_sect_h.hasChildElement("html-comments");
     allow_gzip = render_sect_h.hasChildElement("gzip-output");
+    no_smart_tags = !(render_sect_h.hasChildElement("ms-copyright-violations"));
     if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
     { // log the read values
       logger.debug("Use HTML comments: " + String.valueOf(want_comments));
       logger.debug("Use GZIP encoding: " + String.valueOf(allow_gzip));
+      logger.debug("Disable IE Smart Tags: " + String.valueOf(no_smart_tags));
 
     } // end if
 
@@ -325,6 +328,12 @@ public class RenderConfig
 
   } // end isGZIPAllowed
 
+  boolean noSmartTags()
+  {
+    return no_smart_tags;
+
+  } // end noSmartTags
+
   String getFullImagePath(String name)
   {
     StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
diff --git a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderData.java b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderData.java
index 63bd1fd..cafd1a4 100644
--- a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderData.java
+++ b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderData.java
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ public class RenderData
 
   } // end canGZIPEncode
 
+  boolean noSmartTags()
+  {
+    return rconf.noSmartTags();
+
+  } // end noSmartTags
+
   public String getSiteImageTag(int hspace, int vspace)
   {
     return rconf.getSiteImageTag(hspace,vspace);
diff --git a/web/format/base.jsp b/web/format/base.jsp
index dc30162..68e7dcc 100644
--- a/web/format/base.jsp
+++ b/web/format/base.jsp
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 <HEAD>
   <%= rdat.getTitleTag(basedat.getTitle(rdat)) %>
   <%= rdat.getStdBaseFontTag(3) %>
+  <% if (rdat.noSmartTags()) { %>
+    <META NAME="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" CONTENT="TRUE">
+  <% } // end if %>
 </HEAD>
 
 <BODY BGCOLOR="#9999FF">
diff --git a/web/static/about-venice.html b/web/static/about-venice.html
index 4c5f31f..2a48c4f 100644
--- a/web/static/about-venice.html
+++ b/web/static/about-venice.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <html>
   <head>
     <title>About Venice</title>
+    <META NAME="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" CONTENT="TRUE">
   </head>
 
   <body bgcolor="white">
diff --git a/web/static/html-reference.html b/web/static/html-reference.html
index 15c0123..225fc8a 100644
--- a/web/static/html-reference.html
+++ b/web/static/html-reference.html
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 -->
 <HEAD>
   <TITLE>Venice HTML Tags Reference</TITLE>
+  <META NAME="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" CONTENT="TRUE">
 </HEAD>
 <BODY>
   <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2>
