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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.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: lawyers; monkey; peta
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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.)
To: ETL
Good eye. Had not noticed that either.
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posted on
09/12/2017 6:19:08 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
To: I want the USA back
They (animals) will be able to hold public office.
That’d be an improvement over the current Congress.
To: jmcenanly
I see no precedent. It was settled, not adjudicated. That is binding upon no one but the two parties.
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posted on
09/12/2017 6:53:36 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
To: Flick Lives
Isn’t a gathering of Baboons called a congress?
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09/12/2017 7:00:13 AM PDT
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sniper63
(I am the Lord high executioner of the United Federation of planets......)
To: Flick Lives
Isn’t a gathering of Baboons called a congress?
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posted on
09/12/2017 7:00:45 AM PDT
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sniper63
(I am the Lord high executioner of the United Federation of planets......)
To: sniper63
“Isn’t a gathering of Baboons called a congress?”..
I believe you have that correct! They certainly live up to the name “baboons”.
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09/12/2017 7:26:10 AM PDT
by
DaveA37
To: Flick Lives
They (animals) will be able to hold public office. They already do...
I could name a half dozen just off the to of my head...
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posted on
09/12/2017 8:59:04 AM PDT
by
publius911
(Seriously??)
To: jmcenanly
Macaque???? That’s racist!!!
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09/13/2017 5:57:17 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
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