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Animals have rights!

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Post by Turtleneck 2016-01-07, 14:03

Well, at least they should be able to copyright their own work.


The legal saga of the monkey selfie continues: On Wednesday, a federal judge said the macaque who famously snapped a picture of himself cannot be declared the owner of the image's copyright.

At least, until Congress says otherwise.

There's "no indication" that the Copyright Act extends to animals, U.S. District Judge William Orrick wrote in a tentative opinion issued Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco.

"I'm not the person to weigh into this. This is an issue for Congress and the president," Orrick said from the bench, according to Ars Technica. "If they think animals should have the right of copyright they're free, I think, under the Constitution, to do that."

The photo in question was taken in 2011 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, with a camera owned by nature photographer David Slater. But Slater didn't trip the shutter: the macaque did.

As a result, some outlets — including Wikipedia — maintain that no one owns the copyright to the photo and have been using it as an image in the public domain.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/07/462245189/federal-judge-says-monkey-cant-own-copyright-to-his-selfie?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=us
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Post by Giant Moose 2016-01-07, 14:12

Who cares about copyright!? Monkeys need the right to bear arms first.
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Post by Turtleneck 2016-01-07, 14:16

Giant Moose wrote:Who cares about copyright!? Monkeys need the right to bear arms first.

I do not think we should engage in the slaughter of bears so we can give their arms to monkeys.
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Post by Rocinante 2016-01-07, 14:23

Giant Moose wrote:Who cares about copyright!? Monkeys need the right to bear arms first.

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Post by Turtleneck 2016-01-07, 14:25

Rocinante wrote:
Giant Moose wrote:Who cares about copyright!? Monkeys need the right to bear arms first.

Animals have rights! Latest?cb=20140409123841

I do not think arming monkeys will end well. If monkey's picked up arms, the NRA would surely get behind some gun control measures.
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Post by Other Teams Pursuing That 2016-01-07, 14:33

Turtleneck wrote:
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Animals have rights! Latest?cb=20140409123841

I do not think arming monkeys will end well. If monkey's picked up arms, the NRA would surely get behind some gun control measures.

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Post by xsanguine 2016-01-07, 14:35

Turtleneck wrote:
Rocinante wrote:

Animals have rights! Latest?cb=20140409123841

I do not think arming monkeys will end well. If monkey's picked up arms, the NRA would surely get behind some gun control measures.

Uncalled for. I thought we had a no racism policy on this board?
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Post by Watch Out Pylon! 2016-01-07, 14:37

Nothing but infighting and gun control bickering.  My kind of message board!

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Post by Travis of the Cosmos 2016-01-07, 14:38

Turtleneck wrote:
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Animals have rights! Latest?cb=20140409123841

I do not think arming monkeys will end well. If monkey's picked up arms, the NRA would surely get behind some gun control measures.

Are you joking? The NRAs stance would be that the only thing that can stop a bad primate with a gun is a good primate with a gun. Get as many of them that will give money in exchange for guns and give them all guns! Yyyeeeehhhhaaaawwwwww!!!
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Post by Turtleneck 2016-01-07, 14:39

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:

I do not think arming monkeys will end well. If monkey's picked up arms, the NRA would surely get behind some gun control measures.

Are you joking? The NRAs stance would be that the only thing that can stop a bad primate with a gun is a good primate with a gun. Get as many of them that will give money in exchange for guns and give them all guns! Yyyeeeehhhhaaaawwwwww!!!

As soon as white people are under threat, the NRA will get behind some restrictions on guns.
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Post by Guest 2016-01-07, 15:10

Might as well close the bin now that the sewer has been brought over here.
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Post by Giant Moose 2016-01-07, 15:13

LooseGoose wrote:Might as well close the bin now that the sewer has been brought over here.
I think monkeys live in barrels not bins.
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Post by Turtleneck 2016-01-07, 15:22

LooseGoose wrote:Might as well close the bin now that the sewer has been brought over here.

I would prefer the political threads stay over there. I like the idea of having an off-topic board.
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