IPNews® – After a judge rules that an animal cannot own a copyright, PETA has filed an appeal. PETA’s case seeks to grant a monkey a copyright for a photo he took with a nature photographer’s camera. Currently the photo is seen as existing in the public domain.
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IPNews® – A federal judge in California ruled against a monkey in the case filed by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The case centered on ownership rights over photos taken by a monkey with a nature photographer’s camera. PETA argued the monkey should get proceeds from the sales of a book
IPNews® – A lawsuit filed by PETA seeks to give a monkey copyright ownership to photos it took in 2011.
PETA claims the definition of authorship under the U.S. Copyright Act is broad enough to include animals. Thus far the U.S. Copyright Office has stated that it will not grant copyrights to non-humans. To