The monkey selfie: copyright lessons for originality in photographs and internet jurisdiction
In 2011, a macaque monkey used a camera belonging to British photographer David Slater in Indonesia to take a self-portrait. The selfie picture became famous worldwide after it was published in the British media. In 2014 Slater sent a removal request to Wikimedia Commons, which indicated that the pi...
Main Author: | Andrés Guadamuz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
2016-03-01
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Series: | Internet Policy Review |
Online Access: | https://policyreview.info/node/398 |
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