![]() ![]() ![]() In January 2016, Slater announced plans to sue Wikipedia for sharing the image without his approval. In January 2016, the case was dismissed by US District Judge William Orrick III, who stated that copyright protections did not extend to non-humans. ![]() for using the photographs in the book Wildlife Personalities, requesting that Naruto be assigned copyright of the images. On September 22nd, 2015, the PETA filed a lawsuit against Slater and the book publishing company Blurb, Inc. On December 22nd, the United States Copyright Office released a document titled "Copyrightable Authorship: What Can Be Registered," which stated that works created by non-human animals were not subject to copyright. On August 7th, 2014, BBC News published an interview with Slater, who claimed he lost "£10,000 or more in income" due to the images being declared public domain. Additionally, several of the photographs were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, leading Slater to demand payment or removal based on his claimed copyright. On July 12th, TechDirt reported that the news agency Cater News sent a notice to remove the photographers of the monkey on Slater's behalf. On July 7th, 2011, the technology news blog TechDirt published an article speculating that Slater may not have a legitimate copyright of the selfie photographs since he claims he did not take the photographs. On August 11th, 2013, Redditor PhAm_0h submitted one of the photographs to /r/pics, where it received upwards of 1,600 points (83% upvoted) and 230 comments prior to being archived. On July 4th, 2011, The Daily Mail published an article about the photographs titled "Cheeky monkey! Macaque borrows photographer's camera to take hilarious self-portraits." That day, other news sites reported on the viral images, including The Telegraph, The Guardian and Metro. ![]()
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