The legal battle over the ``monkey selfie'' whose copyright was questioned finally comes to a complete end.

An agreement was finally reached between the parties in the legal battle over the ownership of the copyright of a ``monkey selfie'' taken when a black monkey living in Indonesia happened to press the camera shutter, and the plaintiff withdrew the lawsuit. I reached a solution.

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The agreement was reached between photographer David Slater, who owned the camera, and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and stipulated that Slater would receive future profits from his photographs of black macaques. 25% of the proceeds will be donated to animal protection organizations in Indonesia. PETA, as ``Kurozaru's agent'', claimed that the copyright of the photo belonged to Kurosaru and that Mr. Slater was using the monkey's photo in his work without permission.

The incident began when Mr. Slater claimed the rights to a photo of a black monkey published on Wikipedia and requested that the photo be withdrawn. Since the Wikimedia Foundation rejected Mr. Slater's lawsuit, the decision has been left to the judiciary, and the American judicial authorities have ruled that ``a monkey cannot own the copyright of a photo that the monkey accidentally pressed the shutter.'' was under way. However, on the other hand, since Mr. Slater did not press the shutter directly on this photo, Mr. Slater does not own the copyright to this photo in the United States.

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And this time, PETA and Mr. Slater have announced a joint statement, and Mr. Slater will make a financial donation to see the final settlement. Jeff Kerr, a lawyer for PETA, said: ``PETA's groundbreaking case is an important step in the international movement to expand the rights of wild animals for themselves, rather than to be exploited by humans.'' It sparked a debate.” Mr. Slater says that he has put in too much effort to claim the rights to this photo, but also that he is a conservationist and that this photo is helping protect Indonesia's wildlife. He says he is interested in.

In a joint statement, the two companies said the case 'raised important and cutting-edge questions about extending legal rights to non-human animals.'