"Photographs by monkeys do not have copyright", judgment that photographer is in a dilemma

As to whether the copyright is approved for the photograph that "clothes" robbed a human camera and "taken self"It was causing a big uproarEven in the case of an American authority, it is likely that a judgment is made that the photograph taken by the monkey will not approve the copyright.

Monkey's self can not be copyrighted, US regulators say | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/monkeys-selfie-cannot-be-copyrighted-us-regulators-say/

This view is based on the PDF file published by the US Patent and Trademark OfficeCompendium of u.s. copyright office practices (Overview of practice in the US Patent and Trademark Office)What is posted in the 3rd draft of "What is it? Although the report covering 1222 pages is still a draft version and not a final version, it is concluded that "pictures taken by monkeys" are intellectual property not protected by copyright.

In the text stated in "306 The Human Authorship Requirement" on page 54 of the draft version "the main office does not register works created by natural objects, animals, plants, as well as the headquarters Shall not register work created by falsely mistakenly attributing it to God or supernatural existence, but if the work or its deposit stipulates what was created by God's will, it may be registered "As an example," Pictures taken by a monkey "are stated in line with" paintings drawn by elephants "and" driftwoods whose surface is smoothly formed by the action of ocean current "and the like I will.


This document states that the Wikimedia Foundation stated that "the copyright of the photograph is the public domain and that of the British photojournalistDavid SlaterIt does not belong to Mr. "Published reportIt was announced two weeks after.

The problematic picture was photographed when Mr. Slater stayed in Indonesia in 2011 and was shooting activities, due to the fact that the closure button of the camera body was not the slater himself but the clozar pushed A controversy took place. Detailed background can be confirmed in the following article.

Wikipedia dismissed photographer's appeal as "photography copyright is in monkey" - GIGAZINE


According to the agency, this provision will be enforced around December 15, 2014.

The case of this case was made in the US where the Wikimedia Foundation is based, but in the UK law which is Mr. Slater's home country, provision that copyright is granted even if you do not push the shutter by yourself It is said that it exists. Although Mr. Slater can theoretically make an appeal, it is a case where there is no precedent in the past, and I want to watch over the future in the future.

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Will the monkey acknowledge the copyright of "Monkey's self-portrait photograph"? Finally the ruling will come down - GIGAZINE