Monkey that took selfie named 'Person of the Year' by PETA
7 years, 3 months ago

Monkey that took selfie named 'Person of the Year' by PETA

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An Indonesian monkey that triggered a landmark copyright case when it took a photograph of itself has been named Person of the Year by one of the world's largest animal rights groups. The monkey took the photograph of itself in 2011 after British nature photographer David Slater set up a camera on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The organisation's president Ingrid Newkirk said at the time: "Naruto's historic selfie challenged the idea of who is a person and who is not and resulted in the first-ever lawsuit seeking to declare a nonhuman animal the owner of property, rather than being declared property himself. The case was eventually settled in September, with Mr Slater agreeing to donate 25 per cent of future profits from the photographs to help protect crested black macaques in Indonesia.

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The selfie monkey
7 years, 2 months ago

The selfie monkey

The Hindu  

THE British wildlife photographer David J. Slater was taking pictures of black crested macaques at the Tangkoko Batuangus Dua Saudara Nature Reserve in 2011 when the macaques began to check out his equipment. Little did Slater realise that the selfie would spark a legal tussle and the macaque species endemic to Sulawesi would become the focus of conservation efforts. It …

'Monkey Selfie' Lawsuit Ends With Settlement Between PETA, Photographer
7 years, 6 months ago

'Monkey Selfie' Lawsuit Ends With Settlement Between PETA, Photographer

NPR  

'Monkey Selfie' Lawsuit Ends With Settlement Between PETA, Photographer Back in 2011, Naruto was just an anonymous macaque in the jungles of Indonesia. On one particular day, however, the photogenic primate happened upon a wildlife photographer's camera and snapped a "monkey selfie." On Monday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced a settlement with photographer David Slater, ending a …

Monkey selfie: PETA settles in fight over rights to macaque's photos
7 years, 6 months ago

Monkey selfie: PETA settles in fight over rights to macaque's photos

ABC  

A lawsuit over who owns the copyright to selfie photographs snapped by a monkey has ended in a settlement before a federal court could answer the novel legal question. Lawyers for the group and the photographer, David Slater, asked the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the case and throw out a lower court decision that …

David J Slater says famous monkey selfie ruined him
7 years, 8 months ago

David J Slater says famous monkey selfie ruined him

Daily Mail  

Award-winning wildlife photographer Dave Slater was battling 45-degree heat in a national park in northernmost ­Indonesia, just 50 miles from the Equator. But he says he has not made one penny from the famous selfie because of copyright battles over who owned copyright When Dave tried a selfportrait with them — 'the word 'selfie' wasn't known back then' — they …

PETA takes ‘Monkey selfie’ copyright lawsuit to US Court of Appeals
8 years, 7 months ago

PETA takes ‘Monkey selfie’ copyright lawsuit to US Court of Appeals

India TV News  

To ensure justice to Naruto, a now-famous monkey for taking a “selfie” that prompted an unprecedented copyright lawsuit, at claiming ownership over his image, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has filed an appeal to the US Court of Appeals. "Had the Monkey Selfies been made by a human using Slater's unattended camera, that human would undisputedly be …

Bizarre! US judge declines monkey's right on his own selfie
9 years, 2 months ago

Bizarre! US judge declines monkey's right on his own selfie

India TV News  

New York: The final judgement on the wondrous selfie of a macaque monkey Naruto is out. A petition was filed in a US federal court by Peta to declare Naruto the author and owner of the globally known monkey photographs that he took himself. In an earlier statement, PETA said: "The US Copyright Act grants copyright ownership of a 'selfie' …

Monkey Cannot Own Copyright To Viral Selfie, Says Federal Judge
9 years, 2 months ago

Monkey Cannot Own Copyright To Viral Selfie, Says Federal Judge

Huff Post  

Who owns the copyright to this monkey-snapped selfie? U.S. District Judge William Orrick said in a tentative opinion that “while Congress and the president can extend the protection of law to animals as well as humans, there is no indication that they did so in the Copyright Act,” The Associated Press reported. On Wednesday, Orrick said he would dismiss PETA's …

Monkey selfie: Court rules macaque cannot own photo copyright, PETA says case 'exposes hypocrisy'
9 years, 2 months ago

Monkey selfie: Court rules macaque cannot own photo copyright, PETA says case 'exposes hypocrisy'

ABC  

Animals rights group PETA has lost a legal bid for a monkey to own copyright to selfies it took, in a case the organisation says exposes "the hypocrisy of those who exploit animals". In September last year, PETA filed a lawsuit asking the US federal court in San Francisco to declare male crested macaque Naruto the author and owner of …

Monkey who took grinning selfie should 'received damages for copyright infringement', says Peta
9 years, 6 months ago

Monkey who took grinning selfie should 'received damages for copyright infringement', says Peta

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A monkey who snapped a …

Monkey who took grinning selfie should 'received damages for copyright infringement', says Peta
9 years, 6 months ago

Monkey who took grinning selfie should 'received damages for copyright infringement', says Peta

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A monkey who snapped a …

Monkey doesn't own his selfie: US regulator
10 years, 7 months ago

Monkey doesn't own his selfie: US regulator

India TV News  

New York: The US Copyright Office has confirmed that a monkey - or any other animal - that takes a selfie does not own the copyright of the photo. A selfie taken by a black macaque on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi three years back has become a tug of war between Wikipedia and the photographer who claims he is …

Monkey owns copyright for selfie, Wikipedia tells photographer
10 years, 7 months ago

Monkey owns copyright for selfie, Wikipedia tells photographer

India TV News  

New York: A selfie taken by a black macaque on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi three years back has become a tug of war between Wikipedia and the photographer who claims he is the owner of the selfie. Wikipedia has refused to remove the famous selfie, saying the monkey - and not the photographer - owns the copyright because the …

If A Monkey Takes A Photo, Who Owns The Copyright?
10 years, 7 months ago

If A Monkey Takes A Photo, Who Owns The Copyright?

NPR  

If A Monkey Takes A Photo, Who Owns The Copyright? toggle caption David J Slater/Caters News Agency/Wikimedia Commons An argument is brewing between British photographer David Slater and the folks at Wikimedia over who owns the rights to a photo a monkey took with Slater's equipment. The dispute stems from 2011, when Slater's wildlife photography field trip to Indonesia produced …

Who owns monkey selfie? Photographer says monkey was like his assistant
10 years, 7 months ago

Who owns monkey selfie? Photographer says monkey was like his assistant

LA Times  

Monkey saw and monkey did -- and now a British photographer says he’s out thousands of dollars because of it. The simian selfies went viral on the Internet and eventually wound up on the Wikimedia website, an online library of millions of photos that it says belong to the public domain. “Hey, hey, it’s the monkey’s,” one British news outlet …

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