PETA Sues to Give Monkey Copyright

A copyright protects creative works to encourage artists, scientists, etc. to engage in intellectual and artistic efforts. From "Copyright 101:

The primary purpose of copyright law is not so much to protect the interests of the authors/creators, but rather to promote the progress of science and the useful arts -- that is -- knowledge.

Of course, PETA ignores all of that, as it files a lawsuit to grant a copyright to a monkey that happened to take its own photo on a camera set up by a profes...