Monkey selfie copyright dispute

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Between 2011 and 2018, a series of disputes took place about the copyright status of selfie photographs taken by Celebes crested macaques, using equipment belonging to British wildlife photographer David J. Slater.

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Image: Self-portrait by the depicted Macaca nigra female, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.