https://documentary.net/magazine/photo-taken-monkey-copyright-protected/ Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. Wed, 20 May 2015 02:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 https://documentary.net/wp-content/themes/documentary/img/documentary-logo.png https://documentary.net/magazine/photo-taken-monkey-copyright-protected/ 337 17 Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. https://documentary.net/magazine/photo-taken-monkey-copyright-protected/#comment-1507 Wed, 20 May 2015 02:47:00 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=11620#comment-1507 BOOM head shot! shots fired an down :( The world just lost one potential inspired photographer all on some bullshit copyright laws lol TBH i would argue that the US government, or copyright office for that matter can’t have say on what is or is not someones property. The man of which this monkey used his camera to take these shots COULD argue in court that he set the camera near the animal, knowing full well in advance that he would pick it up and “produce” images….. in a legal standpoint it IS entirely possible that he knew this could happen and had planned it all alone there for it could in fact still be copyright material. people create art using randomly generated algorithmic sequences on computers all the time… who is to say because the “artist” didn’t have direct input in the making of such art, that it dose NOT belong to him? hmm.. makes you think. There is an argument for both sides of the issue, but in the end, i would go with “yes’ it dose in fact belong to the photographer and no one else. or at the very least…. the “monkey” in this case should legally hold any copy rights to the use of said image ;)

]]> https://documentary.net/magazine/photo-taken-monkey-copyright-protected/#comment-1500 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:25:00 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=11620#comment-1500 Awesome.

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