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| Keywords: And the last object leaves the Barbican.jpg delete Whilst US courts have determined that the so-called monkey selfie is in the public domain this determination is untested in the UK courts where the photographer resides and for all intents and purposes where the photograph was first published It is my understanding that the photographer who will be alerted to this deletion request is still extremely unhappy not only at the Wikimedia Foundations appropriation of his photograph and is likely still considering legal action in relation to it; quite possibly in the United Kingdom Therefore due to COM PRP the files should be deleted on that basis Furthermore the existence of these photos on Wikimedia Commons brings the Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia UK the people depicted and the entire movement into extreme disrepute It doesn't help when the spiritual leader of the Wikimedia movement Jimmy Wales contributes to bringing the so-called movement into disrepute <nowiki>https //twitter com/jimmy_wales/status/498228750912602112</nowiki> NO-ONE will admit who was responsible for making available the monkeyselfie at Wikimania 2014 where the photo was used in an obvious mocking way given the media coverage around this photo at the time The photographer is utterly disgusted in the way that the photograph was used at the Wikimedia UK-organised Wikimania in London When questions relating to the meta DICKish way the monkeyselfie was trotted out at Wikimania began being asked the photo quietly disappeared from the conference; if that isn't evidence of the arseholish way the photo was being used at Wikimania I don't know what is -- yet the arseholish photos are still on this very project That is not good The photographer has been vocal in relation to the misappropriation of his works by Wikimedia and has had consequences on photographers willing to work with Wikimedia projects and they will continue to have that effect into the future The time is now to remove these photos from the Commons Files in Category Monkey selfie at Wikimania 2014 2016 January 9 en And the last object leaves the Barbican with our van Wikimania 2014 is now really over 2014-08-11 12 54 30 own <br> Macaca nigra self-portrait rotated and cropped jpg Romaine 51 519828 -0 09417 cc-zero Personality rights Uploaded with UploadWizard Stuart Prior at Wikimania 2014 Monkey selfie at Wikimania 2014 | ||||
