A lawsuit brought on behalf of a crested macaque that snapped its own self-portrait has been settled after an agreement between an animal rights charity and the British photographer who placed the camera in a jungle and enticed the primate to click the shutter. David Slater, a freelance photographer from Chepstow, south Wales, was sued in 2015 by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), which argued that he had infringed upon the copyright of an Indonesian monkey named Naruto by selling the image as his own. Mr Slater has said that the lengthy legal action drained his finances, depriving him of a reliable source of income. As lawyers and judges in San Francisco debated whether monkeys could hold copyright, Mr Slater felt…

Source: The Times September 11, 2017 23:26 UTC