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Wikipedia has also hinted that it does not fear any legal action that the photographer<\/a> may take against the online encyclopedia.<\/p>\n

In an interview with<\/a> Amateur Photographer<\/a> <\/em>(AP) yesterday,
\nphotographer David Slater insisted he holds copyright, in the same way that a wildlife
\nphotographer would own an image when an animal fires the shutter
\nremotely by crossing an infrared beam set up for that purpose. <\/p>\n

\n ORIGINAL STORY AND MONKEY PICTURE HERE <\/a>\n <\/p>\n

In a statement, the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, said: \u2018We were approached by the photographer in question. He asserted copyright over the monkey images, and requested we take them down. We take these requests very seriously and we thoroughly researched both sides of the claim.<\/p>\n

‘In the end, we didn’t agree that the photographer in question has copyright over the images. However, that doesn’t mean the monkey owns the copyright<\/em>. Instead, our assessment was that there’s no-one who owns the copyright.’<\/p>\n

Referring to ‘US law’, Wikimedia insists that the image \u2018falls into the public domain’ because the animal \u2018took the picture’ and copyright \u2018cannot vest in non-human authors’.<\/p>\n

The statement adds: \u2018At the heart of the matter is that sometimes, something fantastic – an idea, image, or innovation – can happen and it doesn’t have to have an owner. Some things, like this picture, belong to everyone.’<\/p>\n

In justifying its refusal to bow to Slater’s demand to remove the image, Wikimedia claimed that the photographer had left the camera \u2018unattended in a national park’.<\/p>\n

\u2018A female crested black macaque monkey got hold of the camera and took a series of pictures, including some self-portraits.’<\/p>\n

AP asked Wikimedia if it is concerned about facing a potential lawsuit over the matter. <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Wikimedia, which is based in San Francisco, replied: \u2018As for legal action, we\u2018re very comfortable in our assessment of the situation.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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