Today, May 25, 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. These stringent new regulations have been adopted by the European Union to protect the rights to privacy of its citizens — important rights that are valued by people across the globe. Photocritic International respects the privacy of its subscribers and visiting readers by complying with international regulations, including the GDPR. […]
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Two small items must be appended to this report. First, a Japanese newspaper announced that the waters near Mount Fuji were so polluted that one could develop photographs therein and get recognizable if fuzzy results. And the Allied Impex Corporation, after its success with this item last Christmas, announced that it was again planning to market its Mick-a-Matic — an Instamatic camera built into a large and colorful Mickey Mouse head — during the holiday season. […] Among the enduring mysteries of my professional life (e.g., How do you make a decent living at this? and Who’s the good critic?) I have counted what seemed to me the adamant refusal of French scholars to use my chosen nom de plume, substituting instead my first and sometimes second names, one or another of them (or both) possibly misspelled. […] |
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Spring Fever: Ends and Odds 2018
Copyright law covers the actions and creations of humans, and only humans. Claim otherwise and all those cat videos become performance art, whose performers — like Maru the box lover, or Henri, the existential French cat — deserve not just special treatment for their cooperation but the lion’s share of the royalties they earn for product endorsements and such. […]