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If the monkeys were trained well enough to understand the intent of taking a photo, but not well enough to understand a contract of employment, then creatively
by lotsofmangos 12y ago
If the monkeys were trained well enough to understand the intent of taking a photo, but not well enough to understand a contract of employment, then creatively I think they would have to own the work.
The fact that the monkey is not trained in pointing a camera is one of the things that might swing it legally away from consideration of ownership by the monkey.
- drivingmenuts 12y agoCan a monkey own a thing under the law? It's an animal. It can be owned, but it cannot itself own something.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoAnimals have been prosecuted as people a number of times in many different countries under the law. I don't see any absolute reason that they could not be granted ownership of something. Even if there was a specific law stating that this was not true, one of the moves available in the game of law is to change the law. Law is a subset of Calvinball.