{"id":9046,"date":"2017-07-09T14:03:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T20:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=9046"},"modified":"2017-07-13T15:44:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T21:44:26","slug":"naruto-v-slater-oral-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=9046","title":{"rendered":"Naruto v. Slater oral argument"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the\u00a0Naruto v. Slater<\/em> case is scheduled for July 12th in San Francisco. \u00a0[Notice<\/a>]. \u00a0I will post the video of the oral argument once it is available. \u00a0This case concerns whether a monkey — more specifically, a Crested Macaque — that used a photographer’s camera to take a selfie portrait can be considered an “author” under the Copyright Act. \u00a0The briefs are available [here<\/a>].<\/p>\n

For more on the background of the case, this is the link to the Wikipedia entry: [Link<\/a>].<\/p>\n

By the way, in the unique town of Boulder, CO a city regulation requires all public signage to refer to dog “guardians” rather than dog “owners.” \u00a0[Link<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Update 7\/13\/2017<\/span><\/p>\n