[Leica] "Monkey selfie" copyright case settled

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

LOL! :-)
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 9:34 PM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> We held a conference here, and it was a draw
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/
> 2018-TH-645-2.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.
> org/v/Phileica/Playground/2018-TH-645-2.jpg.html>
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
> > Le 24 avr. 2018 à 15:15, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a
> écrit :
> >
> > wikipedia also played a big part in this dispute, also
> >
> > and they were not on “our” side
> >
> > <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11015672/
> Wikipedia-refuses-to-delete-photo-as-monkey-owns-it.html>
> >
> > Ric Carter
> > www.CartersXRd.net
> > http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter
> >
> > The only razor I use is Occam’s.
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 24, 2018, at 12:14 AM, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Now let's just hope PETA doesn't appeal to the Supreme Court.
> >>
> >> --Peter
> >>
> >>
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