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A surreal legal battle over whether a monkey can own a selfie is finally over
Business Insider ^
| September 12,2017
| Lindsay Dodgson
Posted on 09/12/2017 5:12:44 AM PDT by jmcenanly
A wildlife photographer and an animal rights group have reached a settlement in perhaps the weirdest lawsuit of the century.
David Slater and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have been at loggerheads for years over who owns the rights to the famous "monkey selfie" taken by a curious macaque in 2011.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: lawyers; monkey; peta
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If this precedent holds, any deer who trips a game camera is due for a big pay-off, or rather the people who bring the suit on behalf of the deer.
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:12:44 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
Selfies are for the selfish.
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:15:12 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:15:59 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: jmcenanly
how about that squirrel that stole a gopro camera and took it up a tree?
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:16:00 AM PDT
by
euram
To: jmcenanly
Obama at the funeral of Nelson Mandela...
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:17:26 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: jmcenanly
Since they reached a settlement without ruling on it, I don’t think it can be considered precedent?
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:18:46 AM PDT
by
Gennie
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:19:36 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: Gennie
From link:
"On Monday, attorneys released a statement that PETA and Slater had reached a settlement, which will see 25% of any future revenue from the images (the famous selfie and another similar image) will be donated to charities dedicated to protecting crested macaques in Indonesia."
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:20:07 AM PDT
by
Gennie
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:23:35 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: jmcenanly
On Monday, attorneys released a statement that PETA and Slater had reached a settlement, which will see 25% of any future revenue from the images (the famous selfie and another similar image) will be donated to charities dedicated to protecting crested macaques in Indonesia. Shakedown.
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:25:02 AM PDT
by
Huntress
("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
To: jmcenanly
I’m getting a percentage from every photobomb! Yeah baby!
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:25:50 AM PDT
by
mindburglar
(I'm sorry, can you spell that?)
To: ETL
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:27:04 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have aklways been cowboys)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:27:17 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: yldstrk
Check out Eric Holder on the left. Just now noticed that.
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:28:13 AM PDT
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ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: ETL
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:30:27 AM PDT
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ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:31:24 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:43:21 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
To: jmcenanly
Non-humans cannot own anything. Where this is going is “rights” for animals. In about 40 years animals will be able to “own” things and property. They will be able to sue humans. They will be able to vote. They will be able to hold public office.
This will happen. No doubt about it. Maybe not in 40 years, but it will happen.
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posted on
09/12/2017 5:50:31 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Freedom of speech: a fond memory of something that went away 30 years ago.)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
09/12/2017 6:16:20 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
To: Huntress
Exactly. And PETA is just a money-making machine. How many pets do they actually shelter?
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posted on
09/12/2017 6:17:51 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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