Federal Appeals Court rules that a Monkey cannot copyright his own selfies

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that a monkey cannot sue for copyright infringement over the unauthorized use of selfies that the animal snapped himself. We know you were wondering about this very thing. In the ruling, Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that "We conclude that this monkey — and all animals, since they are not human — lacks statutory standing under the Copyright Act."

The back story is interesting. It seems that in 2011, nature photographer David Slater had setup his camera in the Indonesian forest to take pictures of a monkey ...