2017-09-20
◎魏國金
A bizarre two-year court battle over who owns the copyright of a “monkey selfie” which went viral was finally settled on Monday － in favour of a British nature photographer.
一件針對誰擁有爆紅的「猴子自拍照」著作權的2年古怪訴訟，週一終於和解收場—（條件）有利於英國的自然攝影師。
A black macaque with a goofy grin snapped itself in Indonesia while staring down the lens of camera belonging to David Slater in 2011. After Slater published the pictures in a book, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals （PETA） filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco in 2015 seeking to have the monkey “declared the author and owner of his photograph”.
一隻棲息於印尼的黑色獼猴，2011年盯著史拉特的相機鏡頭時，露齒傻笑拍下自己。史拉特將照片刊登在一本書後，動物權益組織「善待動物組織」（PETA）2015年向舊金山的聯邦法院提出訴訟，試圖讓這隻猴子「被宣告是牠照片的作者與所有者」。
PETA said the selfies were taken by a six-year-old called Naruto on the island of Sulawesi. PETA argued that “US copyright law doesn’t prohibit an animal from owning a copyright, and since Naruto took the photo, he owns the copyright”.
PETA指出，這些自拍照是蘇拉威西島一隻名為「納魯托」的6歲猴子拍的。PETA主張，「美國的著作權法沒有禁止動物擁有著作權，因此納魯托拍下照片，牠擁有著作權」。
Slater insisted that he owned the rights since he set up the tripod and walked away for a few minutes, only to find out that the monkey had grabbed his camera and snapped away.
史拉特堅稱，他擁有該權利，因為他架起三腳架，離開不過幾分鐘，就發現這隻猴子抓起他的相機，按下快門。
新聞辭典
monkey around：胡鬧、搗蛋、閒晃。例句：Stop monkeying around! （別胡鬧了！）
in favour of：有利於。例句：The referee’s decision was in favour of our team.（裁判員的決定有利於我隊。）
snap：快速拍照。例句：Cameramen snapped celebrities while TV men interviewed them.（在電視記者採訪名流時，攝影師快速拍照。）
（取自網路）
