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  1. March 21, 2016

    PETA Appeals 'Monkey Selfie' Defeat To 9th Circ.

    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Sunday said that it will appeal to the Ninth Circuit after a federal judge dismissed the group's lawsuit claiming that an ape could sue for copyright infringement over a famed "monkey selfie."

  2. January 29, 2016

    'Monkey Selfie' Judge Details Decision To Toss Copyright Suit

    A California federal judge issued a written ruling Friday explaining his decision to toss a lawsuit engineered by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that claimed an ape could sue for copyright infringement over a famed "monkey selfie."

  3. January 06, 2016

    'Monkey Selfie' Judge Says Animals Can't Sue Over Copyright

    The California federal judge overseeing the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' lawsuit accusing a nature photographer of violating a monkey's copyright on the primate's selfie said Wednesday that he doesn't see any protections for animals in the Copyright Act.

  4. December 18, 2015

    'Monkey Selfie' Publisher Says Animal Can't File Lawsuit

    Blurb Inc., a self-publishing book company, continued its bid to escape a copyright lawsuit filed on behalf of a monkey that took a selfie, insisting in California federal court on Friday that the animal doesn't have legal standing to bring the suit.

  5. December 04, 2015

    PETA Says Monkey's Copyright Suit Is No Joke

    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals urged a California judge not to toss a copyright infringement case it filed on behalf of a monkey named Naruto alleging that a nature photographer is not the author of the animal's "selfies," saying that the case is anything but a bunch of monkey business.

  6. November 09, 2015

    'Monkey Selfie' Photog Calls Copyright Suit A Farce

    A nature photographer who was sued for copyright infringement by a monkey — a case orchestrated by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — is now pushing a judge to toss the lawsuit, calling it "a farcical journey Dr. Seuss might have written."

  7. September 22, 2015

    PETA Says Ape Is Copyright Owner of 'Monkey Selfie'

    Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday on behalf of the macaque who took the infamous "monkey selfie," claiming the animal is the legal owner of the photo.