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Post by Seva Lamberdar Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:33 am

NEW YORK: A selfie taken by a black macaque on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi three years back has become a tug of war between Wikipedia and the photographer who claims he is the owner of the selfie.

Wikipedia has refused to remove the famous selfie, saying the monkey — and not the photographer — owns the copyright because the animal took it.

"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," a message on Wikipedia site read.

The photographer David Slater was clicking photos of crested black macaques in 2011 when one of the endangered monkeys hijacked his camera and snapped hundreds of pictures.

Among those, there were some stunning images, including a selfie of the macaque that made headlines.

Slater is now planning to take legal action against Wikimedia that owns Wikipedia, after the company used the photo on its site without permission, media reports said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Monkey-owns-copyright-for-selfie-Wikipedia-tells-photographer/articleshow/39810102.cms
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