so if monkey can have authorship and IP rights over selfie photo
can it own land and jungle it lives in ? because then humans, you got problem ;)
[QUOTE=Dwarden;52495745]so if monkey can have authorship and IP rights over selfie photo
can it own land and jungle it lives in ? because then humans, you got problem ;)[/QUOTE]
If it can earn the money it takes to purchase said land from whoever currently owns it, maybe.
Using his time and equipment, on a trip funded by him. He clearly deserves the rights.
I think it's an interesting issue tbh.
I mean I don't think animals should own IP because I don't see how that would even work, and it's not like a monkey has the capability to care that its picture is being used, but I think it's fair to question why Slater should own the rights to the picture as opposed to it being public domain.
If someone were to steal a device to take a picture with, wouldn't the owner of said device ultimately get the rights to it ?
[QUOTE=Noss;52495767]Using his time and equipment, on a trip funded by him. He clearly deserves the rights.[/QUOTE]
i was more of thinking suing the owner for usurping the said land
winning, getting the loser not only hand over the land but several *illions next to it as damage control
I did not expect that name.
But he takes way better selfies than anyone I know.
My favorite thing about this is that if I just randomly saw that picture, I'd be like, "Oh cool, a monkey that knows what a camera is, that's pretty cool."
But since it keeps showing up in court and all that, I just picture the owner of the camera seeing that picture and getting so fucking angry that he takes a monkey to court for touching his shit (and yes, I know it's PETA dragging this around, not him).
I love it.
Can they even find this monkey again anymore?
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