Photographer David Slater’s legal nightmare surrounding that monkey selfie snapped in 2011 isn’t over. A US court has decided not to toss the copyright lawsuit filed against Slater by PETA on the monkey’s behalf, despite Slater and PETA reaching a settlement last year.
Digital Trends reports that in an order filed last week, the Ninth […]. petapixel.com
Photo: David Slater PETA may be close to settling its lawsuit involving 'Naruto' the macaque monkey and a selfie it allegedly took using photographer David Slater's camera. Per PETA's 2015 legal claim, Naruto (the monkey) owns the copyright to the image, not Slater, because the animal took the selfie on its own—that lawsuit, which has dragged on for the better part of two years, has left Slater broke. dpreview.com »
2017-08-08 21:49
Remember David Slater, the photographer whose camera was hijacked by a monkey and used for a series of selfies that went viral on the Internet? The photographer has spent years fighting a copyright battle in court over the photos, and now he’s broke.