From: Winston Tabb <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 05:04:31 +0000

What is the macaques’ CMO’s position on this critical issue?

Winston Tabb'

> On Feb 5, 2018, at 11:55 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: G P <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:50 PM
>
> FYI.
>
> Recorded Jan. 30, 2018 at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
>
> "After a photographer left his camera equipment out for a group of
> wild macaques to explore, the monkeys took a series of photos,
> including selfies. Once the photos were posted publicly, legal
> disputes arose around who should own the copyrights — the human
> photographer who engineered the situation, or the macaques who snapped
> the photos. This unique case raises the increasingly pertinent
> question as to whether non-humans — whether they be monkeys or
> artificial intelligence machines — can claim copyrights to their
> creations.
>
> Jon Lovvorn, Lecturer on Law and the Policy Director of Harvard Law
> School's Animal Law & Policy Program, hosts a discussion panel
> featuring Jeff Kerr, the General Counsel of PETA, which sued on behalf
> of the monkey, and experts on copyright, cyber law, and intermediary
> liability issues, as well as Tiffany C. Li of Yale Law School’s
> Information Society Project, and Christopher T. Bavitz and Kendra
> Albert of Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic."
>
> Direct to Video (About One Hour)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlvgil4zNQk
>
> Direct to Event Summary, Speaker Bios
> https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2018/luncheon/01/monkeyselfie
>
>
> __gary
>
> Gary D. Price, MLIS
> Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's infoDOCKET
> Information Industry Analyst
> Librarian
>
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