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Free Monkey Smiles

Free Monkey Smiles

FromWe Have Concerns


Free Monkey Smiles

FromWe Have Concerns

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When a monkey grabbed his camera in Indonesia, snapped the perfect selfie, and the photo went viral, British photojournalist David Slater assumed he'd make a pretty penny from the iconic image.  But the in a 1,222 page report, the US Copyright Office just announced that any picture taken by an animal, plant, or deity is cannot be owned by man.  This makes Anthony and Jeff wonder what kind of crazy photography is going on inside the US Copyright Office.

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Article:  http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/monkeys-selfie-cannot-be-copyrighted-us-regulators-say/
Released:
Aug 26, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Jeff Cannata and Anthony Carboni talk about the personal philosophical concerns they find lurking inside everyday things. It's fun?