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After a photographer left his camera equipment out for a group of wild macaques to explore, the monkeys took a series of photos, including selfies. Once the photos were posted publicly, legal disputes arose around who should own the copyrights \u2014 the human photographer who engineered the situation, or the macaques who snapped the photos. This unique case raises the increasingly pertinent question as to whether non-humans \u2014 whether they be monkeys or artificial intelligence machines \u2014 can claim copyrights to their creations. \n\nJon Lovvorn, Lecturer on Law and the Policy Director of Harvard Law School's Animal Law & Policy Program, hosts a discussion panel featuring Jeff Kerr, the General Counsel of PETA, which sued on behalf of the monkey, and experts on copyright, cyber law, and intermediary liability issues, as well as Tiffany C. Li of Yale Law School\u2019s Information Society Project, and Christopher T. Bavitz and Kendra Albert of Harvard Law School\u2019s Cyberlaw Clinic.\n\nMore info on this event here:\nhttps://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2018/luncheon/01/monkeyselfie