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Who owns copyright in a selfie when it’s captured with one person’s phone but by another person’s finger? And what if that other person is actually a monkey? Or a Bradley Cooper?

Earlier this year, Ellen DeGeneres briefly “broke” Twitter after tweeting a selfie full of celebrities, captured while she was hosting the Oscars. In an attempt to beat the record for most re-tweets ever, she enlisted megastars like Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lupita...