[Leica] "Monkey selfie" copyright case settled

[Philippe]

We held a conference here, and it was a draw

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Amities
Philippe


> Le 24 avr. 2018 à 15:15, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
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> wikipedia also played a big part in this dispute, also
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> and they were not on “our” side
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> <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11015672/Wikipedia-refuses-to-delete-photo-as-monkey-owns-it.html>
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> Ric Carter
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> The only razor I use is Occam’s.
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>> On Apr 24, 2018, at 12:14 AM, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> No, a primate can't own a copyright to a selfie it took with a photographer's camera.
>> <http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/384531-federal-appeals-court-upholds-ruling-that-animals-cannot-sue-under>
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>> People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), sued the photographer on behalf of the button-pressing macaque. The case dragged on for seven years and pretty much bankrupted the photographer.  Thankfully, the 9th District Court affirmed the decision of the lower court and ruled that PETA should pay the photographer's attorney's fees. So after seven years of legal hell, he may be at least back where he started financially.
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>> The legal decision runs 41 pages(!)  No, I didn't read the whole thing, I just text-searched it to see if the photographer won his legal expenses.  None of the media reports I read said anything about legal fees, and that can be just as important as winning one's case.
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>> Now let's just hope PETA doesn't appeal to the Supreme Court.
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>> --Peter
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