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Re:Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight by posterboy on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:41AM (#15226780)
He could've deleted the photo. Instead he had the right to copy the photo and as exclusive owner that was his exclusive copyright. At which point would that have been lost?
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Re:Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight by kuschku on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:28AM (#15228072)
Copyright protection only applies if you, personally, had a major share in creating something.

A good example are music remixes, you need to actually contribute a lot yourself to have copyright.

If your camera gets stolen by someone, and they take a picture, without you having any influence in that, you do not own the picture. You can not force people who want to use it to pay.

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Re:Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight by posterboy on Saturday September 16, 2017 @06:07PM (#15267021)
music is an analogy and not informative.

A camera thieve shouldn't profit from a misdeed, and the picture shouldn't be in the public domain by default. So, the photo has to be deleted because noone can claim copyright?

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