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Simian selfie stupidity: Macaque snap sparks Wikipedia copyright row

Tom 35

Re: Who takes the picture?

"what-about-a-selfie-the-answer-is-not-what-you-would-expect"

So, under this particular law, the ape owns the copyright.

Unless Slater paid the ape (in Bananas?) to commission the photos.

Can a monkey own something? If no is there something in the law that gives the camera owner second dibs over the general public. If yes who is the monkey's agent?

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