Monkey owns Selfie Copyright!

[Tin Can]

PETA steps in and the poor photographer whose gear was used by theft by the monkey is deemed screwed

Just saw this on TV 5 minutes ago.

If you have a monkey keep a close eye on him/her and lock up your cameras!

PPA help!

[Mark Sawyer]

Well, obviously, the photographer should have hade the monkey sign a release.

[diversey]

If the photographer had a release from that monkey, what is going to happen?

[Tin Can]

Really good selfies!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pict...-pictures.html

[Jac@stafford.net]

Isn't there an issue here with model releases?

[Jeff Conrad]

Randy,

What exactly did you see? The PETA lawsuit (Naruto v. David John Slater et al.) doesn’t look it’s even on the calendar yet.

[Tin Can]

Randy,

What exactly did you see? The PETA lawsuit (Naruto v. David John Slater et al.) doesn’t look it’s even on the calendar yet.

I saw it on WGN OTA 9.1 TV show, "Crime Watch" at 3pm CDT today in Chicago.

[Jac@stafford.net]

What exactly did you see? The PETA lawsuit (Naruto v. David John Slater et al.) doesn’t look it’s even on the calendar yet.

I understand that PETA's lawyer is taking the case ProBongo.

[Doremus Scudder]

This was on CNN a couple of weeks ago. The issue seems to be media companies, etc. trying to weasel out of paying the photographer royalties for the shot. They maintain that since the photographer didn't click the shutter himself, but just let the monkey play with the camera, that the resulting photograph wasn't taken by him, and therefore, he owns no rights to it. Whether the monkey owns the rights or the photo ends up in public domain or, as it should be, the photographer gets to retain rights hasn't been decided yet.

Doremus

[Peter Mounier]

I hope if there is any release from the monkey that he throws it at the lawyers!