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by bluedanieru 5461 days ago
Ask yourself this question again but forget that monkeys took the photos. Who would own the copyright in that case?
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The person who took the photos, since that would be the creative act. Sorting through the photos and selecting the good ones is also a creative act, but it is a derivative work because the original images are copyright protected. The difference comes about because monkeys are not capable of owning copyright, and hence are not capable of "creative acts" as far as copyright is concerned.