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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: PeterAit on April 24, 2018, 09:27:32 am

Title: Monkeys and copyright
Post by: PeterAit on April 24, 2018, 09:27:32 am

Remember a while back when a monkey snatched a photographer's camera and took some cute selfies? PETA sued the photographer saying the copyright should belong to the monkey, not the photographer. PETA lost, appealed, and just now lost again. And they are ordered to pay the photog's legal fees. Such silliness!

http://time.com/5251925/peta-monkey-selfie-lawsuit-dismissed/

Title: Re: Monkeys and copyright
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 24, 2018, 12:59:11 pm

I saw one comment that maybe the monkey should sue PETA.

Title: Re: Monkeys and copyright
Post by: Bart_van_der_Wolf on April 24, 2018, 01:06:02 pm

The PETA should stop monkeying around this issue.

Cheers,
Bart

Title: Re: Monkeys and copyright
Post by: RSL on April 24, 2018, 02:51:34 pm

No use, Bart. This is the kind of baloney that keeps them in business.

Title: Re: Monkeys and copyright
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 24, 2018, 04:07:57 pm

I hope their baloney is strictly vegetarian. (But that might get them sued by PETV!)

Title: Re: Monkeys and copyright
Post by: OmerV on April 24, 2018, 04:38:25 pm

Ethical treatment of animals is an admirable goal but good grief, surely there is someone at PETA that understand how silly the organization appears now. Maybe it will reign in some of its fanaticism though as long as beautiful actresses strip to get attention for them, who’s to complain, eh?