Translations:Wikimedia Foundation Transparency Report/2014/Requests for Content Alteration & Takedown/75/en

Monkey Selfie edit

 
Crested black macaque monkey
  • Time Period: January 2014
  • Story: A photographer left his camera unattended in a national park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. A female crested black macaque monkey got ahold of the camera and took a series of pictures, including some self-portraits. The pictures were featured in an online newspaper article and eventually posted to Commons. We received a takedown request from the photographer, claiming that he owned the copyright to the photographs. We didn't agree, so we denied the request.