A monkey selfie has caused an uproar on the internet following a debate over who owns the image.
When David Slater was taking photos of monkey’s one of them grabbed the camera and took a picture of itself.
This photo has now become famous with a number of people using the image without paying for it. They say because the monkey took the photo then no human owns the copyright.
Normally professional photographers charge people for using snaps they’ve taken because they own something called a copyright.
Wikipedia has been using one of the monkey’s selfies without paying for it.They say that although the photos were taken on Slater’s camera, he did not take the photos. Therefore, he doesn’t own them.
As you can imagine Slater is angry and is trying to get the site to take the picture down.
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21 Responses
That is just weird
I think he should own the picture/selfie it is his phone! and how did anyone else get the picture it was on his phone?
HA HA VERY FUNNY
DIVA monkey!!!!
I love thisssss
Wow but monkeys don’t have red eyes, wait do they have red eyes?❔❓
IT LOOKS LIKE MY CAT!!!! O.O
I think it’s unfair, because it’s the guys camera and equipment so he should get to make the calls. But how did the photo get on the internet anyway?
they should pay the monkey bananas. 3 bananas when they use the photo.
It’s very odd, because monkeys don’t usually smile. How did the monkey grab it? 😀 🙂
Why does the monkey have orange eyes?! Monkeys usually have brown eyes.
funny
that is very funny
How did it get uploaded
i love the kids news now
OMG!!!
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OMG!!Crack up, so funny…
#funny #OMG
Funny funny
I think that David should get the photo, it was on his camera…
It will probably turn into a controversial issue with everyone fighting over the camera and the photo. I think the wisest thing to do would be to delete the photo on David’s camera, delete it on all the websites, and forget about it. I know that sounds silly, but it will probably turn into a controversial issue (an issue that causes havoc), so the photo should be deleted