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We Have Concerns

Free Monkey Smiles

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

News, Science, Society & Culture, Culture, Comedy, Internet, Pop, Games, Gadgets

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2014

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

When a monkey grabbed his camera in Indonesia, snapped the perfect selfie, and the photo went viral, British photojournalist David Slater assumed he'd make a pretty penny from the iconic image. But the in a 1,222 page report, the US Copyright Office just announced that any picture taken by an animal, plant, or deity is cannot be owned by man. This makes Anthony and Jeff wonder what kind of crazy photography is going on inside the US Copyright Office. Support the show on Patreon! [http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns](http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns) Hey! If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you use to listen. Here's the iTunes link: [http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns](http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns) Jeff on Twitter: [http://twitter.com/jeffcannata](http://twitter.com/jeffcannata) Anthony on Twitter: [http://twitter.com/acarboni](http://twitter.com/acarboni) Article: [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/monkeys-selfie-cannot-be-copyrighted-us-regulators-say/](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/monkeys-selfie-cannot-be-copyrighted-us-regulators-say/)

Transcript

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0:00.0

We have concerns as made possible entirely through donations from listeners like you.

0:04.0

A little can go a long way.

0:05.6

Visit patreon.com slash we have concerns to lend your support.

0:09.4

Hey guys, Anthony, if you're going to be at PAX this weekend, come check me out.

0:12.5

I'm on a couple of panels Saturday at 7.30 pm in the hedgehog theater.

0:16.2

I will be recording chain sauce suit live with Chris Straub and Mikey Newman.

0:20.1

Sunday morning at 11am, I will be on the Destructoid panel.

0:23.2

It's called Video Games Are Stupid and that's got Max Scoville, Adam Kovic, Bill Zoker, and Jack DeVries.

0:28.7

Come check him out and say, hey.

0:30.0

You need to wait.

0:46.7

But that's the thing is I'm nothing but a consumer.

0:48.8

So I have got nothing to buy right now.

0:51.0

I don't know who I am.

0:52.0

I don't have anything to buy.

0:53.4

Yeah.

0:54.4

What do I do if I can't purchase something?

0:55.8

I've got to buy something.

0:56.8

What do I look inside at my feelings, examine my life, do something with my loved ones?

1:01.3

I got to buy the out of doors is free.

1:07.3

This is we have concerns.

1:08.5

Hello, Anthony Carboni.

1:09.5

Hi Jeff, canada.

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