Index: lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/NoticeboardAttachment.java
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diff -u -rd789031b1ec349fa6315006cff40f1abc607b932 -r89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2
--- lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/NoticeboardAttachment.java	(.../NoticeboardAttachment.java)	(revision d789031b1ec349fa6315006cff40f1abc607b932)
+++ lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/NoticeboardAttachment.java	(.../NoticeboardAttachment.java)	(revision 89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2)
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 
 /**
@@ -40,9 +41,10 @@
  * 
  * @author mtruong
  */
-public class NoticeboardAttachment implements Serializable {
+public class NoticeboardAttachment implements Serializable, Cloneable {
     
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -3471513404550541296L;
+	private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(NoticeboardAttachment.class);
 
 	/** identifier field */
     private Long attachmentId;
@@ -93,8 +95,16 @@
         this.onlineFile = isOnline;
     }
     
-    
-    
+    /** Clone this attachment, including the unique id */
+    public Object clone(){
+		Object obj = null;
+		try {
+			obj = super.clone();
+		} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+			log.error("Clone " + NoticeboardAttachment.class + " not supported");
+		}
+		return obj;
+	}    
     /**
      * @return Returns the attachmentId.
      */
Index: lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/NoticeboardContent.java
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diff -u -rc37fcfa0e8e9c09a5ada45fba5af63e43b2bbef1 -r89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2
--- lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/NoticeboardContent.java	(.../NoticeboardContent.java)	(revision c37fcfa0e8e9c09a5ada45fba5af63e43b2bbef1)
+++ lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/NoticeboardContent.java	(.../NoticeboardContent.java)	(revision 89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2)
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 
@@ -352,6 +353,10 @@
     
     
 	/** 
+	 * Creates a new NoticeboardContent object from the supplied object.
+	 * Assigns it the toContendId. Also copies all the items in the attachment set
+	 * to the new object's attachment set. So while the two contents have different
+	 * attachment records, they point to the same entries in the database.
 	 * 
 	 * @param nb			NoticeboardContent object containing the content to copy from
 	 * @param toContentId 	The new Id of the new noticeboard object
@@ -370,6 +375,20 @@
 														nb.getCreatorUserId(),
 														nb.getDateCreated(),
 														nb.getDateUpdated());
+		
+		if ( nb.getNbAttachments() != null && nb.getNbAttachments().size() > 0 ) {
+			HashSet newAttachmentSet = new HashSet();
+			Iterator iter = nb.getNbAttachments().iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				NoticeboardAttachment element = (NoticeboardAttachment) iter.next();
+				NoticeboardAttachment newAttachment = (NoticeboardAttachment) element.clone();
+				newAttachment.setAttachmentId(null);
+				newAttachment.setNbContent(newContent);
+				newAttachmentSet.add(newAttachment);
+			} 
+			newContent.setNbAttachments(newAttachmentSet);
+		}
+		
 		return newContent;
 	}
    
Index: lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/util/NbWebUtil.java
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diff -u -r74804514d697b22ea2afdb8d1daf1c3b7797e793 -r89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2
--- lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/util/NbWebUtil.java	(.../NbWebUtil.java)	(revision 74804514d697b22ea2afdb8d1daf1c3b7797e793)
+++ lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/util/NbWebUtil.java	(.../NbWebUtil.java)	(revision 89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2)
@@ -160,25 +160,22 @@
 		 * If NoticeboardContent content does not exist, set nb=null and an empty list will be created.
 		 *
 		 * @param nbService
-		 * @param attachmentMap
 		 * @param nb
-		 * @return the updated attachmentMap
+		 * @return the attachmentList
 		 */
-	    public static List setupAttachmentList(INoticeboardService nbService, List attachmentList, NoticeboardContent nb) {
+	    public static List setupAttachmentList(INoticeboardService nbService, NoticeboardContent nb) {
 
-			List updatedList = attachmentList != null ? attachmentList : new ArrayList();
+			List attachmentList = new ArrayList();
 
 			if ( nbService!=null && nb!=null ) {
 				List attachmentIdList = nbService.getAttachmentIdsFromContent(nb);
 				for (int i=0; i<attachmentIdList.size(); i++)
 				{
 				    NoticeboardAttachment file = nbService.retrieveAttachment((Long)attachmentIdList.get(i));
-				    updatedList.add(file);
+				    attachmentList.add(file);
 				}
-				return updatedList;
-			} else {
-				return new ArrayList();
-			}
+			} 
+			return attachmentList;
 		}
 
 		/** 
Index: lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbAuthoringAction.java
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diff -u -r74804514d697b22ea2afdb8d1daf1c3b7797e793 -r89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2
--- lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbAuthoringAction.java	(.../NbAuthoringAction.java)	(revision 74804514d697b22ea2afdb8d1daf1c3b7797e793)
+++ lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbAuthoringAction.java	(.../NbAuthoringAction.java)	(revision 89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 			nbForm.setOnlineInstructions(nb.getOnlineInstructions());
 			nbForm.setOfflineInstructions(nb.getOfflineInstructions());
 			
-			attachmentList = NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService,null,null);
+			attachmentList = NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService,null);
 		
 		}
 		else //content already exists on the database
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 			}
 			
 			//Setup the map containing the files that have been uploaded for this particular tool content id
-			attachmentList = NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService,attachmentList,nb);
+			attachmentList = NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService,nb);
 		
 		}
 		NbWebUtil.addUploadsToSession(request, attachmentList, NbWebUtil.setupDeletedAttachmentList());
Index: lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbAuthoringStarterAction.java
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diff -u -r74804514d697b22ea2afdb8d1daf1c3b7797e793 -r89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2
--- lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbAuthoringStarterAction.java	(.../NbAuthoringStarterAction.java)	(revision 74804514d697b22ea2afdb8d1daf1c3b7797e793)
+++ lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbAuthoringStarterAction.java	(.../NbAuthoringStarterAction.java)	(revision 89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 			    
 			}
 			
-			attachmentList = NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService, attachmentList, nb);
+			attachmentList = NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService, nb);
 		
 		}
 		NbWebUtil.addUploadsToSession(request, attachmentList, NbWebUtil.setupDeletedAttachmentList());
Index: lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbMonitoringAction.java
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diff -u -r74804514d697b22ea2afdb8d1daf1c3b7797e793 -r89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2
--- lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbMonitoringAction.java	(.../NbMonitoringAction.java)	(revision 74804514d697b22ea2afdb8d1daf1c3b7797e793)
+++ lams_tool_nb/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/noticeboard/web/NbMonitoringAction.java	(.../NbMonitoringAction.java)	(revision 89ae2d0b15d307b9dd4c20da0577481807524ce2)
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@
 		
 		request.setAttribute(NoticeboardConstants.ONLINE_INSTRUCTIONS, content.getOnlineInstructions());
 		
-		List attachmentList = NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService, null, content);
-		NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService, attachmentList, content);
+		List attachmentList = NbWebUtil.setupAttachmentList(nbService, content);
 		NbWebUtil.addUploadsToSession(request, attachmentList, null);
 		
         return mapping.findForward(NoticeboardConstants.MONITOR_PAGE);