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Monkey says ‘cheese,’ copyright battle ensues

By: Caley Clinton, [email protected]//August 7, 2014//

Monkey says ‘cheese,’ copyright battle ensues

By: Caley Clinton, [email protected]//August 7, 2014//

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If a monkey takes a selfie, who owns the copyright?

A foundation argues the photographer whose camera was used doesn’t own the picture’s copyright because he didn’t take the picture—the monkey did. And since the monkey can’t own the rights, nobody does.

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