MORNING TEA: Bradley Cooper Technically Owns Ellen’s Oscar Selfie

TMZ reports that Bradley Cooper — not Ellen — actually owns the most famous selfie in the world:

Here’s the way it works … the person who owns the now-famous photo is the person who actually took it … NOT the person who owns the camera or organized the shoot. … So unless Bradley signed his rights away to the Academy, he’s the copyright owner. Any use of the pic without his permission is a violation of the copyright.

Oops. Should I have emailed him before using it above?

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