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Proprietary Primate: Wikipedia Says Monkey Owns Copyright to ‘Selfie’
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| 8-7-14
| Ian Tuttle
Posted on 08/07/2014 2:34:38 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
To: afraidfortherepublic
Micaca nigra?
Double dipping.
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:36:18 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: MrB
I’m very sensitive to copyrights and patents, but I love that picture. I’m leaning to the opinion that the monkey owns it! LOL
To: afraidfortherepublic
#1 What college will this primate play football for?
#2 Can a non-human own anything and have legal rights to something?
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:40:45 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
There is no way a monkey took that photo. Perfectly cropped and perfect lighting. No way.
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:41:37 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(Do not read this post.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
This is more of that “animals have rights” BS the wacko fringe left are into. Before you know it, they will say that beast is owed royalties.
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:41:40 PM PDT
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
” Slater believes the copyright should be his, “
Did the monkey sign a model release?
To: Fungi
The original is canted. This is “cropped” and adjusted via PS or Gimp. I saw the “orig” earlier today.
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:42:39 PM PDT
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
So in the words of the gal on Storage Wars “Don’t forget to pay the monkey.”
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:44:00 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Fungi
Well, it was cropped by somebody else, and I’d guess that the lens and the speed were automatic. The speed setting is perfect.
To: Fungi
The caption says the photo was cropped and rotated (by a human, one assumes). The camera controls the lighting, so that might not have needed adjusting.
To: afraidfortherepublic
My co-worker says the Macaque looks like Kim Kardashian... LOL
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:45:35 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Why are there no George Allen jokes about this? Macaca? Nigra?
To: afraidfortherepublic
Yes I saw that if that is the case another hand was involved and why does not that person have a say in the dispute?
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:46:26 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(Do not read this post.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Does this mean that all photos taken with a game cam, which are triggered to shoot a picture when an animal steps in front of it, are public domain?
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:48:23 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: afraidfortherepublic
The monkey took a better picture than the human photographer did, but that does not make me ready to let animals own copyrights.
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:50:28 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BitWielder1
I think the nature photographer is just jealous because the monkey took such a good picture. He’s probably insulted too because the monkey got hold of his camera and wouldn’t give it back.
To: afraidfortherepublic
A photographer who sets the settings on a camera and hands it to someone to take his picture can still establish copyright.
Same with footage from a “security camera”.
Wikiloons
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:53:00 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(CNN suppressed news to maintain their Baghdad bureau under Saddam; they just did the same for Hamas.)
To: Inyo-Mono
I got de camera
Dey want de camera
I am de monkey!
Coo coo cuchoo ,
coo coo cuchoo,
coo coo cuchoo,
coo coo cuchoo,
coo coo cuchoo
With apologies to Lennon/McCartney
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posted on
08/07/2014 2:56:04 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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