There is a famous
"monkey selfie" photograph that has been published many times around the globe since it was taken by
Naruto the Macaque monkey in the Indonesian jungle in 2011, and which has been re-used on countless websites. It apparently is copyrighted and makes some money for its
'photographer', David Slater from Monmouthshire in the UK.
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Macaque Monkey Madness - Photograph © by David Slater (or Naruto the Monkey Photographer) |
But that's where the dispute lay. After all argued Peta, the animal rights group, the photograph was actually a
'selfie' by a monkey, who therefore was the photographer, and not the owner of the camera it used who was making all the money.