Post by Yorko on Apr 28, 2018 18:33:27 GMT
A monkey that took a selfie using a wildlife photographer's camera cannot sue for copyright, a US court has ruled.
Naruto, a seven-year-old crested macaque, snapped a photo with a toothy smile in 2011 using a camera belonging to David Slater.
The British photographer wanted to have financial control of the photo - but an animal rights group filed a lawsuit in 2015 that sought to give Naruto copyright over the selfie instead.
Naruto, a seven-year-old crested macaque, snapped a photo with a toothy smile in 2011 using a camera belonging to David Slater.
The British photographer wanted to have financial control of the photo - but an animal rights group filed a lawsuit in 2015 that sought to give Naruto copyright over the selfie instead.
news.sky.com/story/selfie-monkey-naruto-cannot-sue-for-copyright-us-court-rules-11344799
By law if you take a photograph then you own it unless the subject in it has agreed with the photographer that they should have the copyright. The monkey took the photo so owns it and he was in it, so that covers the other criteria. The judge was probably jealous that the monkey takes better photos than he does. 😉