Have you heard the one about the monkey that stole a camera and
took a grinning selfie that went around the world? The crested
black macaque's cheeky grin appeared everywhere. The wildlife
photographer who owned the camera found the photo after he
retrieved his camera. He posted the delightful picture on a few
wildlife websites. It was very popular and was copied to thousands
of websites and then appeared in newspapers, magazines around the
world.
The photographer realised he was missing out on a small fortune
for reproduction of the picture. He tried to claim copyright on the
photo. He requested Wikipedia take down the picture as it was his
camera and therefore his copyright. Wikipedia refused, saying the
monkey took the picture so the monkey has copyright.
