[Leica] "Monkey selfie" copyright case settled

[Ken Iisaka]

It has been my opinion that PeTA is a terrorist organization that
weaponizes the legal system to extort and bully for influence not for the
wellbeing of the non-humans, but of their pocket and their view of
themselves.


On 23 April 2018 at 21:14, 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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