1 February 2016Copyright

IP rights for animals is an argument for Congress, not courts, judge tells PETA

A US court has ordered the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to take its ‘monkey selfie’ argument to Congress after it dismissed a complaint asserting that a Macaque ape should own the copyright to a photo it took of itself.

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