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		wantonnoodle on Sept 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight The author could have avoided this whole mess and just lied and said that he took the photo "Yeah I made up the story of the monkey taking the selfie, I actually took it myself" It's not like the monkey can refute that story....

MichaelGG on Sept 12, 2017 [–]

Then it's just another picture of a monkey's face, hardly worth paying much for. And anyone that had paid would feel defrauded.

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