The Cellar - View Single Post - July 23, 2011: Monkey takes its own pic (and who gets the copyright?)

BigV · 07-22-2011, 05:39 PM

heh.

I heard the complaint wasn't that slater had the copyright and was saying to the other publishers of the photos, but that those other publishers didn't have the copyright so they shouldn't be publishing the photos.

You're right, slater doesn't have the copyright either. From what I've learned, the *photographer* has the copyright, not the owner of the camera.

by the way.. that second pic looks just tooo perfect. I think it's been manipulated, cropped, straightened, etc. It doesn't make it a bad or wrong photo, but it is a bit misleading in the context of the monkey taking the picture. Overall, they're fascinating pictures. Thanks UT!

07-22-2011, 05:39 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	heh. I heard the complaint wasn't that slater had the copyright and was saying to the other publishers of the photos, but that those other publishers didn't have the copyright so they shouldn't be publishing the photos. You're right, slater doesn't have the copyright either. From what I've learned, the photographer has the copyright, not the owner of the camera. by the way.. that second pic looks just tooo perfect. I think it's been manipulated, cropped, straightened, etc. It doesn't make it a bad or wrong photo, but it is a bit misleading in the context of the monkey taking the picture. Overall, they're fascinating pictures. Thanks UT! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.