we have a local chapter of volunteers called wikimedia, d.c. we are very active trying to have local funds for itathons with local organizations including through , the cato institute, and we have worked with the smithsonian and international archives. conflict of interest has a long history on wikipedia. there is an article you can read about it that gives you all the gory details. conflict of interest on editing on wikipedia. in 2006 -- and congress was part of that. there were some good takeaways from that and some good examples. there was an article about congressman joe wilson that was a precursor to some of the conflict of interest rules where staffers put content on the top page, and then it was incorporated in the article and the article was relatively good quality after that. that is on your handout, some of the concepts about neutral point of view and conflict of interest. things have become more formalized over time. now, there is a nice, long, written policy about conflict of interest. the idea is to give you some best practices of

wikimedia denied his request because they said he didn't take it or make, quote, substantial changes to it. intellectual media lawyer grace with the site. he said if the photographer actually developed it in a certain way made some tweaks, used some lighting to make original choices then he would have had some part of the creative process. slater is claiming because wikimedia distributed the photograph, it's cost him an incredible amount of money and he's considering taking legal action. we'll see how it comes out. >> thanks hermella, manopause is getting action. also you should check all your information online. the largest known computer hacking has cybersecurity experts scrambling and makes other breaches look small by comparison. >>> and near a comet we'll tell you what happened and billions of miles traveled. real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving

copyright office has settled a battle between wikimedia. a photo that the monkey took, fresh guidance saying "the office won't copyright " it looks like wikimedia wins this one and the photograph will remain in the public domain. >> it's bad for monkey, he can't sell his own picture. thanks hermella. >> you're welcome. >> straight ahead, a new study raises hopes that autism can one day be treatable. >>> a major company says workers should be taking naps. that's in our data dive. the u.s. open is about to begin, >> audiences are intelligent and they know that their needs are not being met by american tv news today. >> entire media culture is driven by something that's very very fast... >> there has been a lack of fact based, in depth, serious journalism, and we fill that void... >> there is a huge opportunity for al jazeera america to change the way people look at news. >> we just don't parachute in on a story...quickly talk to a couple of experts and leave... >> one producer may spend 3 or 4 months, digging into a single story... >> at al j

copyright office has settled a battle between wikimedia. a photo that the monkey took, fresh guidance saying "the office won't copyright " it looks like wikimedia wins this one and the photograph will remain in the public domain. >> it's bad for monkey, he can't sell his own picture. thanks hermella. >> you're welcome. >> straight ahead, a new study raises hopes that autism can one day be treatable. >>> a major company says workers should be taking naps. that's in our data dive. the u.s. open is about to begin, >> on the stream, >> the usda pulls 770 inspectors from poultry processing plants. join us on the stream to find out what that means for your food safety. >> the stream on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america presents edge of eighteen >> this envelope is my life right now >> ahh...this is nerve racking >> at the crossroads of now and the future... >> i'm ready to get out man... i'm ready to get out of high school >> you find kids making adult decisions >> i'm gonna do whatever needs to be done... >> affecting the rest of their li

copyright office has settled a battle between wikimedia. a photo that the monkey took, fresh guidance saying "the office won't copyright" it looks like wikimedia wins this one and the photograph will remain in the public domain. >> it's bad for monkey, he can't sell his own picture. thanks hermella. >> you're welcome. >> straight ahead, a new study raises hopes that autism can one day be treatable. >>> a major company says workers should be taking naps. that's in our data dive. the u.s. open is about to begin, what has happened to american men's tennis? >> the reason why some children develop autism while most don't has long eluded researchers. but research suggests that autism could be created by too many synapses. a child's brain develops synapses as a phenomenal rate as a child experiences the world. usually concessio excess synapse trimmed. joining to discuss this, dr. wang, good to have you back with us. the study compared brains of people who had autism and who didn't. how do all these excess synapses create autism? >> the number of s

slater is in the -- in a fight with the wikimedia foundation, because they posted his photo online ints collection of public domain images and refused to take it down. if a monkey takes a selfie, who owns the copyright? it turns out that according to copyright law, the photograph usually -- the copyright usually goes to the person who snapped the photo. but the monkey is not a person so it belongs to everybody and is in the ' about safety how good advice, along with some ingenious inventions, can reduce accidents and prevent health emergencies. coming up, finding out if the drugs that you're buying are safe, using text messaging;

wikimedia now considers the pictures subject to the public domain, because the monkey pressed the shutterutton, slater isn't buying it and is considering his next step. >> what an interesting question. >>> cargo ships will now by paid to slow down to avoid hitting whales. "los angeles times" reports six global shipping companies will get $2500 every time they sail slow will you think the santa barbara channel. that area is a prime feeding ground for migrating blue whales. the program was developed by federal wild live officials. the slow speeds will also cut air place. >>> a bay area researcher who headed the team that landed the curiosity rover on mars twoiers is moving ahead with another project. adam steltzner developed the sky crain system. he's now working on another mars landing, in this mission, a "20/20" rovers would take samples from the service of mars plays in a cache for eventual return to earth for stud,. he says it could be the first phase of three separate missions. >>> another mission would return to the surface with a big rocket, would take those samples, and put the samp

a photographer says wikimedia violated copy right when it posted his photo. david slater says if the site doesn't take this photo down he's going to sue. in 2011 he was taking pictures of crested black mikak when the monkey grabbed his camera and took a selfie. slater's been fighting ever since to take it down. here's the twist, generally speaking the law says the person that takes the picture owns the copy right, not the camera's owner. wikimedia argues because the animal took the picture, the photo doesn't wlong to slater and belongs in the public domain. >> blah, blah, blah, that's a good selfie. >> it is. >> which the monkey owns. >> that is the lead of that story, let me tell you that. right. good lighting. >> great. >>> weather this morning, if you're headed out and around the bay yaer, low clouds and fog around parts of the bay area. misty skies to start, and still some humidity out there which will hopefully decrease a little bit now that to his monsoon summer showers have moved on. right now we have low 60s around parts of the south bay, san francisc

a local chapter of volunteers called wikimedia, d.c. trying toy active have local funds for distribution, including through the cato institute, and we have worked with the smithsonian and international archives. conflict of interest has a long history on wikipedia. there is an article you can read about it that gives you all the gory details. conflict of interest on editing on wikipedia. in 2006, -- and congress was part of that. there were some good takeaways from that and some good examples. there was an article about wasressman joe wilson that a precursor to some of the conflict of interest rules where staffers put content on the top page, and then it was incorporated in the article and the article was relatively good quality after that. that is on your handout, some of the concepts about neutral point of view and conflict of interest. things have become more formalized over time. now, there is a nice, long, written policy about conflict of interest. the idea is to give you some best practices of how to do fax correction in articles

wikipedia and wikimedia foundation, their basic philosophy if the information is wrong, go in and change it and make it better. if there's something in a wikipedia article that's incorrect, anybody can go in and change it and fix it and make it better. usually that's what happened. >> that comes out and they're responding to this european right to be forgotten decisions. google is taking down some links and they're publicly reporting what's being taken down. is that the new normal, that there will be compliance with some of the regulations that are more strong handed but there's also transparency about them? >> google has a lot of -- i don't know, flack for that. they definitely -- i've been told that that is bringing more attention to the people who want to be removed from the internet. so that kind of defeats the purpose of giving these people more privacy. so it's unclear how they're going to navigate this. it seems like they're criticizing the ruling in the first place by releasing that information. and they're on the side of wikipedia. >> right, google is a party to that, as you men

now they are on wikimedia, a site that stores free images.apher says it violates his rights and that people should pay him for it. remember ellen degeneres' famous oscar selfie? it actually belongs to actor bradley cooper since he pushed the smartphone button. the question is, can an animal own a copyright? how do you make out a check to a monkey? >>> now to the music business and the reunion on jon stewart as he introduces the nine-man crew. >> east new york brooklyn. >> jordan clipper, michigan. >> that was the hilarious "daily show" correspondent. the real members went on to perform a single from their new album. wu-tang shows that i've been out of touch with pop culture for 20 years but many are calling the reunion the only thing you need to see today. join on twitter, facebook, instagram at msnbc.com. keep telling us what is important to you. >>> princeton review ranked syracuse university the number one party school. check out which colleges have the happy students. one day, machines will be sprayed to be made. and making something stro

slater claimed that he owned the rights and stood to profit from these photos, wikimedia claimed theyte office says neither slater nor the monkey can copyright the pic. the office will not register works produced by nature, animals or plants. >> oh, my god. okay. it's a beautiful photograph anyway. >>> up next, what, if anything, did we learn today? >> you learned that. >> anything? ♪ ♪ start a team. join a team. walk to end alzheimer's. visit alz.org/walk today. the summer of this.mmer. the summer that summers from here on will be compared to. where memories will be forged into the sand. and then hung on a wall for years to come. get out there, with over 50,000 hotels at $150 dollars or less. expedia. find yours. nobody ever stomped their foot and asked for less. there's a reason it's called an "all you can eat" buffet... and not a "have just a little" buffet. because what we all really want is more. that's why verizon is giving you even more. now, for a limited time, get more data! 1 gb of bonus data every month with every new smartphone or upgrade. our best ever pricing with the mo