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Peta Sues To Give Copyright For 'Monkey Selfies' To Macaque Who Snapped Them
The Guardian (UK) ^ | September 22, 2015

Posted on 09/22/2015 6:27:25 PM PDT by Steelfish

Peta Sues To Give Copyright For 'Monkey Selfies' To Macaque Who Snapped Them Animal rights group contends six-year-old Naruto should receive all proceeds from photos for the benefit of crested macaques living in reserve in Indonesia

A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists contend in a novel lawsuit filed Tuesday. The suit was filed in federal court in San Francisco by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta). It seeks a court order allowing Peta to administer all proceeds from the photos for the benefit of the monkey, which it identified as six-year-old Naruto, and other crested macaques living in a reserve on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The photos were taken during a 2011 trip to Sulawesi by British nature photographer David Slater. Through San Francisco-based self-publishing company Blurb, he has published a book called Wildlife Personalities that includes the “monkey selfie” photos.

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1 posted on 09/22/2015 6:27:25 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Since the macaque isn’t capable of defending the copyright, how can we know the macaque prefers peta and not the Johnny Cochran firm? And how can we know that the macaque, not having a way of collecting any copyright fees, isn’t intending to release any claim and intends to permit the photos to exist royalty free for any use?


2 posted on 09/22/2015 6:32:18 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Steelfish
Naruto should receive all proceeds from photos for the benefit of crested macaques living in reserve in Indonesia

How do they know that Naruto cares about other macaques? Maybe he just wants to enjoy the fruits of his own labors? Or is everyone a slave to the collective in nature?

3 posted on 09/22/2015 6:35:57 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Better hope it’s PETA. I’ve known attorneys who have had cases against the late Johnny Cochran’s firm — and it was a very capable office.


4 posted on 09/22/2015 6:36:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Steelfish

Macaque on a triple: best Scrabble memory ever.


5 posted on 09/22/2015 6:42:41 PM PDT by golux
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To: Sgt_Schultze

I’m pretty sure Grumpy Cat’s owner get’s the money from the endorsements and appearances.

Is PETA representing him/her in court against the owner.

You are right. When the animal can articulate its case, then we’re getting somewhere.


6 posted on 09/22/2015 6:43:11 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Steelfish

what a load of macaca


7 posted on 09/22/2015 6:49:18 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Steelfish

And of course, the monkeys will need some human to manage the finances.

For a fee, of course.


8 posted on 09/22/2015 6:49:37 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Steelfish

PETA is all about finding a legal way to get animals to have rights. Once any kind of precedent is established we are in danger of losing our rights to animals.


9 posted on 09/22/2015 7:54:04 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: Steelfish

Monkey business afoot.


10 posted on 09/22/2015 8:27:21 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: Steelfish

Technically they belong to Nikon (or whoever manufactured the cameras) by that logic.


11 posted on 09/22/2015 10:33:24 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Will Bernie Sanders run as an Independent if he does not get the nomination of the Democrat Party?)
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To: ColdSteelTalon
Ask PETA what their stance is on the sale and harvesting of organs from live baby humans.

They want to anthropomorphize animals and dehumanize people.

12 posted on 09/22/2015 10:35:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Will Bernie Sanders run as an Independent if he does not get the nomination of the Democrat Party?)
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To: a fool in paradise

I am sure PETA has no problem with it. Typical liberal nuttiness on their part.


13 posted on 09/22/2015 11:36:20 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: Sgt_Schultze
The macaque did not deliberately set out to take its own picture,anymore than any other animal setting off an automated camera would. If any animal has a case, it would be Koko the gorilla, whose work appeared on the cover of National Geographic


Unlike the macaque, she can also testify, as she is fluent in American Sign Language, and and can comprehend English.
14 posted on 09/23/2015 5:59:21 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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