Monkey Selfie - PETA wins court case, we may be in trouble boys

[Cajun Blake]

'Monkey Selfie' Lawsuit Ends With Settlement Between PETA, Photographer


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Back in 2011, Naruto was just an anonymous macaque in the jungles of Indonesia. On one particular day, however, the photogenic primate happened upon a wildlife photographer's camera and snapped a "monkey selfie."
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Whether the act was intentional or a quite-too-literal instance of monkeying around, only the grinning primate knows for certain. But it raised a complicated question: Who owns the images Naruto took, the monkey or the man?
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On Monday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced a settlement with photographer David Slater, ending a lawsuit it filed on Naruto's behalf. Under the deal, Slater agreed to donate 25 percent of future revenue from the photos to groups that protect crested macaques and their habitat in Indonesia. Both sides also asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals "to dismiss the case and throw out a lower court decision that said animals cannot own copyrights,"
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PETA and David Slater agree that this case raises important, cutting-edge issues about expanding legal rights for nonhuman animals
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Link ---> https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...-monkey-selfie





Just thinking out loud here ..... If a Judge will rule on behalf of an animal getting it's picture taken "Animal Rights" , only a matter of time before PETA files future lawsuits for pictures taken with Trail Cameras or by other photographers. Now all of a sudden, birds, deer, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, and banana slugs have legal rights too.

We live in a fricked up Liberal-azz world



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[BlackHogDown]

What a joke!

[AntlerCollector]

The judge never ruled anything right? The case was dismissed.

The guy who owned the camera should have told them to pound sand. He's probably a wack job too so they dismissed the case. PETA didn't win anything in a court of law

[BrandonA]

We have gone full retard letting it get this far out of hand.

[Katch66]

They should prosecute the monkey for theft or unauthorized use of a camera. LOL.

[Bowhica]

Dang thumbs....

[AntlerCollector]

The monkey took a great pic.

[Hoss163]

Wow unreal!

[dustoffer]

Wasn't a WGI camera for sure!

[Pedernal]

Looks like a selfie to me and the monkey seems content to be in the pic...

[Sleepy]

We have gone full retard letting it get this far out of hand.

Pretty sure I just laughed out loud and that doesn’t happen very often when reading through a forum 😂😂

[Backwoods101]

Boycotting selfies is one boycott I can **** sure get behind!

[SAC]

I may not be reading this right, but if they threw out a previous decision, it is somewhat of a victory.

The judge never ruled anything right? The case was dismissed.

The guy who owned the camera should have told them to pound sand. He's probably a wack job too so they dismissed the case. PETA didn't win anything in a court of law

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. Both sides also asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals "to dismiss the case and throw out a lower court decision that said animals cannot own copyrights,"

[rladner]

The judge never ruled anything right? The case was dismissed.

The guy who owned the camera should have told them to pound sand. He's probably a wack job too so they dismissed the case. PETA didn't win anything in a court of law

Agreed

I may not be reading this right, but if they threw out a previous decision, it is somewhat of a victory.


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. Both sides also asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals "to dismiss the case and throw out a lower court decision that said animals cannot own copyrights,"

That was part of the settlement agreement they reached. Not a legal decision. I agree with AntlerCollector, the photographer is probably very left leaning himself and was only fighting it because he wanted to make money off of it. Now that he can, why fight anything?

He should have taken this crap to the Supreme court and get a final ruling on this crap once and for all.

If animals get rights, we all become vegan.

[DTala]

Agreed



That was part of the settlement agreement they reached. Not a legal decision. I agree with AntlerCollector, the photographer is probably very left leaning himself and was only fighting it because he wanted to make money off of it. Now that he can, why fight anything?

He should have taken this crap to the Supreme court and get a final ruling on this crap once and for all.

If animals get rights, we all become murdering outlaws.

fixed it