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IMO a court will side with the photographer. If I dropped my camera, and whilst rolling down a hill it took a stunning photograph, it would be my photograph. The monkey isn't contesting his copyright claim, and I doubt that the copyright of a photograph depends upon something as specific as holding the camera and controlling the shutter. Giving non-human primates your camera to take pictures could be a photographic method. Wikipedia editors can be very uncool.
thenextbigbang · 3833 days ago · link ·
I kind of agree with this. The argument is a bit fallacious and to be honest, unless the institution itself fights for ownership, a monkey owning anything is a bit ridiculous. There are interesting arguments for animal proprietorship in wills, but this is meh at best.