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Monkey selfie

davidc4430 — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:20:53 GMT

Monkey selfie: PETA settles in fight over rights to macaque's photos

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-12/monkey-selfie-lawsuit-ends-in-settlement/8894906

Re: Monkey selfie

not_for_sale — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:14:48 GMT

He is so handsome. And I think he has the right to show the world just how handsome he is. Maybe he knew exactly what he was doing - vanity!

Re: Monkey selfie

springyzone — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:16:11 GMT

@davidc4430 wrote:
Monkey selfie: PETA settles in fight over rights to macaque's photos

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-12/monkey-selfie-lawsuit-ends-in-settlement/8894906

I think the article brings up a really interesting question about the legal rights of animals.

It seems contradictory in some ways that we could argue for the right of one animal to own a photo he took, yet other large animals have no legal right to their own lives & are killed to be eaten.

Not trying to cast a moral judgement as I am a meat eater too. Just saying it is interesting where all this will take us in the future.