Monkey Can't Own Selfie Copyright

[Still Waters]

A US judge has ruled that a macaque monkey who snapped grinning selfies that went viral last year online does not own the copyright to the photographs.

Activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals brought the case in San Francisco on behalf of Indonesian simian Naruto, who shot to fame last year after a photographer published pictures taken by the monkey with his camera.

PETA petitioned the court to have the macaque "declared the author and owner of his photograph."

http://news.discover...ight-160107.htm

[questionmark]

Guess this one will end up at the SC.

[bubblykiss]

Guess this one will end up at the SC.

I was just thinking "you pick and choose your fights. And when you pick stupid ones you end up looking dumb".

Why, out of all the animal rights battles that anybody could have championed, did they pick this first world world problem?

[Eldorado]

Typical. One law for the rich another law for monkeys.