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		jboy55 on Aug 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikipedia refuses to delete photo taken by monkey Random passerby's indicates another human, who the law indicates can create a work of art. Animals aren't recognized as such. If he accidentally tripped, and the shutter went off, does that mean he loses copyright if the camera happened to take something interesting?

ZeroGravitas on Aug 7, 2014 [–]

No, he doesn't lose copyright, he simply never gets it in the first place since he doesn't meet the criteria set down by law.

In the US you can't get a copyright on a database at all. I doubt you could get it in the EU for a database created by a random accident either.

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