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

01-02-2016

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

Denys Kutsevalov / Shutterstock.com (A macaque monkey, pictured)

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.


PETA; copyright; ‘Monkey selfie’; David Slater; William Orrick; Naruto; photography; “Wildlife Personalities”

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