Monday saw an announcement on the lawsuit over who owns the
copyright to photographs taken by a monkey before a federal appeals
court.
Lawyers on both sides notified the court on August
4th that they were nearing a settlement and asked the
judges to not rule.
The details of the deal are as follows:
- David Slater will donate 25% of any future revenue to charities
dedicated to protecting crested macaques in Indonesia
As mentioned in
our previous article, back in 2011, David Slater gave a crested
black macaque his camera after spending long periods of time with
the monkey, teaching it to become interested in his equipment. The
monkey ended up taking two selfies.
Unfortunately at the time, Slater probably didn't think
he'd be on the receiving end of a lawsuit from the monkey. The
monkey and photographs in question were taken in 2011 as part of
his project to raise awareness about the species, which is
endangered. His intentions were always good, Slater
