The famous monkey selfie photograph
has caused a legal battle between the camera´s owner, David J Slater, and
Wikimedia. Wiki management claims the photo is available for free distribution
because the monkey pressed the shutter. Mr Slater claims he owns the copyright
because it was his camera, and he was taking monkey pictures.
The monkey selfie Photo: David J
Slater/Caters
I tend to agree with Mr Slater. If he loses his legal battle all indy photographers are screwed if they allow their camera to be used by monkeys.
This Australian photographer now faces $15 thousand* in legal bills as he tries to secure
his rights to the monkey selfie. Popular opinion on this matter seems to be
divided, with 43 % thinking the copyright belongs to Mr. Slater, while 41 %
think it belongs to the monkey.
Poll results from The Telegraph,
(to vote: Telegraph Poll is here)
By the way, the monkey is an
Indonesian macaque. From the looks of it, I think it may be a crested macaque,
but I didn´t research its family tree. If we go by the poll results that
macaque owns almost half the copyright for its selfie. This means the macaque would be
the richest monkey in the world. Like they say in New Zealand, that´s a lot of
kiwis.
*10000 british pounds, 10800 euros, 90000 yuan
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