The Voice Box

ABOUT COPYRIGHT The image, on the left, is very important to me. More than four years ago I took this photo of one of my favourite plants. This is a picture of a Pereskia bleo in bloom. The pereskias are not very well known plants, but they are definitely some of my favourite plants. More than a year ago I came across my photo being appropriated by someone else. It was quite a shock to me. Although I seldom plaster my name across every photo I take. I do, through publication, expect that my copyright be respected, and even to be protected. It was the surprise of seeing it being used by a plant company in the US to advertise on Ebay that got me. Trying to get Ebay to do something about it proved fruitless. In the end I had to sit back and watch someone infringe my copyright, and was unable to do anything about it. A friend of mine thinks that it is an issue worth pursuing in court. What do you think?

Mexico City Just back from a one week visit to Mexico City, and I truly enjoyed myself. It was a very long flight from London to Los Angeles, and then about five hours fooling around in LA before taking a Mexicana flight to Mexico city. The surprise how smoothly every aspect of my time in played out. Before leaving, the research I did about the city gave dire warnings about the do's and don't. I suppose their intention was to err on the side of caution. But after a week there, I am happy to report I had absolutely no hassle. Did I take the subway? Of course I took the subway, and sometimes in the evening time. But I was there to enjoy the best of the city. And I truly did. Living day to day was more than reasonable; most full course meals were less than a hundred pesos. and accommodation prices was way down because of the economic situation. The museums are fabulous , and as an art lover I had more than my fill. I would single out the National museum of Anthropology as absolute

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