Wikipedia rejects photographers claim of copyright over famous monkey selfie - on the grounds that the ape took it! A photographer yesterday(6th August 2014) spoke of his anger after Wikipedia refused to remove his famous picture of a monkey taking a selfie - claiming he cannot own the copyright because the animal took it. David Slater, from Coleford, Gloucestershire, was taking photos of crested black macaques on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi when the animals began to investigate his equipment. One of the endangered monkeys then hijacked his camera, before snapping hundreds of pictures. Although many of these were blurry, there were also a number of stunning images, including a selfie of the grinning macaque which made headlines across the world. But now, Mr Slater is planning to take legal action against U.S.-based Wikimedia, which owns Wikipedia, after the company used the photo on its site without permission. Despite repeated complaints, the firm has refused to take the image down - and even offers a link for users to download the original file for free - because it claims Mr Slater does not own the copyright. A message on its site states: This file is in the public domain because as the work of a non-human animal, it has no human author in whom copyright is vested.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 06:56:32 +0000
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