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How would any of you feel if you were to borrow my camera, take a photo, give back my camera, then I claim copyright of the photo and live off the royalties?
But the monkey didn't ask to borrow the camera, the photographer made several visits setting the shot up to try and encourage the monkey to press the shutter. The monkey had no cognitive contribution to taking this photograph and it would have never have happened if it wasn't for the actions of the photographer.
If the courts ruled that the monkey held the copyright, I wonder what would happen to all the footage produce for wildlife documentaries or scientific research that rely on the animal triggering the camera by walking through an infrared beam or other auto triggering mechanism. The same argument should apply as in none of these examples would the photographer have triggered the camera.