Category: PETA

It ain’t over till the fat monkey sings – PETA appeals that monkey should own the photo

Udi Tirosh

remember that monkey who took a selfie and then PETA claimed it owned the copyrights for that selfie? And remember that the federal court ruled that the monkey can’t be the owner of the  photos? Well, you know the saying: It ain’t over till the fat monkey sings. And indeed it seems that PETA just appealed the decision […]

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Federal Judge Rules Famous Monkey Can’t Own Copyright on Selfies

Liron Samuels

An Indonesian monkey, a British photographer and a U.S. federal judge meet in San Francisco. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but that’s almost what happened this week when a federal court reviewed PETA’s demand to award Naruto the copyright over the famous selfies he captured in 2011. Unfortunately for the macaque, who […]

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PETA lawsuit claims famous monkey owns the selfie copyright

Liron Samuels

Remember the macaque monkey who snapped a few selfies that went wildly viral back in 2011? While photographer David Slater and Wikipedia argued about whether or not the photographer owned the copyrights, and the U.S. Copyright Office also chimed in, there’s now a third party involved – with an entirely new claim. PETA (People for […]

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