I think this is just a bit of overreacting. I don't feel like a jerk because I took a #monkeyselfie, it's just a joke. I don't think the photographer will get mad at us for this, nor that he will feel mocked by an innocent game. It's about fun, not about copyright law.
L.
Thomas Morton wrote:
> I find this a bit distasteful, rather akin to rubbing it in the
> photographers face.
>
> Its fine to take a stand on a point of copyright.
>
> But being dicks about winning is surely not the sort of attitude we want
> to display? Hardly helps support our stance as serious, rather than
> trollish.
>
Agreed. It is rather tacky, juvenile and slightly unpleasant. Be
magnanimous in victory and all that. It'd be nice to know who thought
"take a photo with the monkey selfie" was a useful and productive piece
of free culture activism. Because it just makes us look like mean jerks.
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Tom Morris
<http://tommorris.org/>
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