Animal rights? Monkey selfie case may undo evolution of the Internet
Found on Ars Technica on Saturday, 15 July 2017
To be sure, if Naruto is deemed the owner of these infamous selfies, the monkey has the right to sue the photographer for copyright infringement. That's because David Slater, the photographer, has self-published the photos in a book, Wildlife Personalities.
PETA, in a scorched Earth litigation approach, is also suing Blurb, the online publishing platform Slater chose to create his e-book and hard-cover book.
Would it be too far-fetched to assume that PETA, in case it wins, would volunteer to represent all those animals, act on their behalf, collect all the royalties and manage those funds? Of course you would have to take their word for it, because said animals cannot express their demands in front of a court; how convenient. Who knows, that monkey even might have put the images in question under a creative commons license, but that makes no money for PETA, who happily kills most of the animals that were given to them.