'Monkey selfie' copyright lawsuit ends in settlement


  • World
  • Tuesday, 12 Sep 2017

Seven-year-old rare crested macaque Naruto used British photographer David Slater's camera to take this selfie in 2011. After the monkey's selfie went viral, animal rights group Peta filed a suit in 2015 against the photographer on the macaque's behalf.PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.

After a two-year legal battle, the dispute between a photographer and an animal rights group over a "monkey selfie" has come to a close.

British photographer David Slater has won the appeal against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) over the copyright of the photograph, which was taken by a seven-year-old rare crested macaque named Naruto.

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