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| When a photographer had tried to claim copyright, PETA had filed a lawsuit |
January 7, 2015, NewsCrunch
Naruto, an Indonesian monkey, has lost the chance to become the first non-human to own copyright for a selfie.
Peta, which is locked in a legal dispute with photographer David J Slater over the copyright, had filed a suit inSan Francisco court on behalf of the monkey.
The judge said monkey did not own the rights for the selfie, he famously took inIndonesia in 2011.
Naruto, an Indonesian monkey, has lost the chance to become the first non-human to own copyright for a selfie.
Peta, which is locked in a legal dispute with photographer David J Slater over the copyright, had filed a suit in
The judge said monkey did not own the rights for the selfie, he famously took in
Naruto is popular with researchers in
In 2011, Slater left an unattended camera on a tripod. Naruto started toying with it, clicking a series of photos, one of which resulted in the now-famous "monkey selfie".
When Slater had tried to claim a copyright over the photo, PETA had filed a lawsuit against him.