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Wed, July 6, 2022 | 01:40
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Photographer, Wikipedia in copyright battle over monkey's 'selfie'
'살인미소' 원숭이 셀카, 저작권은 누구 소유?...카메라 주인 vs 공공재
Posted : 2014-08-17 16:44
Updated : 2014-08-17 16:44
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A British photographer whose camera was used by a monkey to take a "selfie" has declared a copyright war against Wikipedia, which has been providing the image to Internet users for free.

David Slater is frustrated he hasn't seen a dime from the now-viral photo of a crested black macaque which somehow got hold of his camera and grinned toothily into the lens at an Indonesia forest in 2011.

Wikimedia, the foundation behind Wikipedia, claims that the image is in the public domain because it was a monkey that had taken the shot and monkeys can't hold copyrights. The picture first appeared on Wikimedia Commons, a collection of images free for public use, in January, and Wikimedia has refused to remove it.

Slater, who plans to battle Wikimedia in court, says he should be credited for the photo considering the investment he made in buying the cameras and navigating the Indonesian forest. The monkey which pushed the button should be regarded as his "assistant," he claims.

"In law, if I have an assistant then I still own the copyright," Slater told the "Today" show on American channel NBC. "I believe there's a case to be had that the monkey was my assistant."

Jay Caspian Kang, the science and technology editor at New Yorker, found Slater's argument disagreeable.

"Without intent (… Slater did not specifically set up an environment to take a photo), clear direction (monkeys do not listen to anyone), or an employer-employee agreement (no monkeys signed anything), Slater's claims that the monkeys were acting on his behalf are absurd," Kang wrote.

"If any reasonable person left her laptop in a cafe, and a poet picked it up, opened up a word-processing program, and typed out this generation's Dream Songs, could she reasonably ask for much more than her laptop back? And, since the poems were so good, maybe a selfie with this new Berryman?"


'살인미소' 원숭이 셀카, 저작권은 누구 소유?...카메라 주인 vs 공공재

원숭이가 사진작가의 카메라를 들고 셀카를 찍었다면 사진가가 저작권을 주장하는 것이 정당한가?

세계적인 화제가 됐던 인도네시아 검정 마카크 원숭이의 셀카 사진을 두고 온라인에서 위키피디어를 운영하는 위키미디어 재단과 카메라의 주인이었던 영국 사진 작가 데이빗 슬레이터가 대립하고 있다.

슬레이터는 위키미디어에 사진을 지워달라는 요청을 했다. 하지만 위키미디어는 저작권을 주장할 수없는 원숭이가 찍은 이 사진을 공공재로 보고 슬레이터의 요구를 거부하고 있다.

위키미디어는 성명에서 “미국 저작권법에 따르면 저작권은 사람이 아닌 작가에 귀속될 수 없고 이 사례의 경우 작가는 원숭이들이기 때문에 이 사진의 저작권의 소유자는 없다”고 밝혔다.

이 재단은 이어 '위키백과와 사진작가의 요구를 매우 심각하게 받아들이고 양쪽 주장을 철저하게 검토하고 있다'면서도 ' 사람에게 귀속되지 않은 사진의 저작권은 공공재가 되기 때문에 이 사례도 그렇다고 생각한다'고 밝혔다.

사진은 슬레이터가 2011년 인도네시아의 한 숲에서 촬영작업을 하던 중 찍혔다. 암컷 원숭이 한 마리가 그의 사진기를 낚아채더니 직접 사진 수백 장을 찍었는데 그 중 활짝 웃는 듯한 사진 한 장이 매체를 타고 순식간에 전 세계로 퍼져 나간 것이다.
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