G+_Michael Abernathy Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Been reading about the monkey selfie with Wikipedia claim as the monkey took the photo and said monkey is not covered by american copyright law then it makes the photo public domain and the photographer who setup the photo has no claim to the copyright I wondered what the The Week in Law and views would make of this? Is Wikipedia trying to pull a fast one, or if they are in the right would it mean that if I put those wildlife trigger camera's that all of wildlife tv programmes use and photos/video triggered by wildlife is public domain? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-28674167 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tom Wisniewski Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I think the difference with the wild life trigger cameras is that you are setting them up with the intent of taking the pictures. You have some artistic input. With the monkey I believe the monkey just stole the camera and took the pictures. It wasn't planned. I would love to hear a this week in law discussing this case. Really curious how it could all turn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tom Wisniewski Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Just read the BBC article. The previous ones I read didn't actually mention how he got the monkey to take the picture. I was under the impression that the monkey took his camera and just started taking pictures. Based on this article, it would seem he has a point in owning the rights to it. ? JT Hundley, looks like he did put some effort into trying to get the monkey to take the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dave Whitehead (lakeuk) Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Tom Wisniewski Yes the guy planned for his camera to be used in this way as it was the only way he found to get a photo of the monkey Wikimedia has now got a public vote going on, on whether to keep the photo on their site - sounding like they're in it for the publisity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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