Naruto took this pic of herself among others with photographer David Slater’s camera. Slater thinks he owns the photos because he owns the camera, and Naruto disagrees.
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
The Selfie Monkey Could Still Win Copyright, Long Live The Selfie Monkey
Naruto took this pic of herself among others with photographer David Slater’s camera. Slater thinks he owns the photos because he owns the camera, and Naruto disagrees.
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Okay, we need to quit monkeying around with the Naruto business. I had previously commented on the article detailing the trial the first time around, and it is just as ridiculous now as it was then. PETA attempting to claim this money for themselves is despicable, as the funds will only go toward illicit ventures and euthaniziations . The have a second chance to sue for appeal, as the article says, but I think that due process of law was conducted the first time around so there should be no reason for a retrial. The fact that PETA is claiming that helping Naruto is on the same level as emancipating the slaves is the reason I decided to make another comment about this issue, though. Yes, animals are humans too, but all the human concepts such as freedom and slavery were invented by humans to be directed at other humans, so how could getting copyright for a monkey photo be the same thing if the monkey has no concept of what copyright even is? Or what a photo is, for that matter? By resting this on the backs of the "rights of a species" PETA has one again proven themselves to be bloody incompetent.
Why are we still talking about the selfie monkey? This case is beyond ridiculous. Not only will Naruto never know, nor care, if she will win the case, but the court has already said she can't have copyright. The only merit I see in this article is the lengths people will go to win a case. There is no end to the ridiculousness of copyright law. I’m not saying copyright is not important to protect art’s work, but at some point you are just battling over something really ridiculous and probably spending more than the copyright would really be worth. Speaking of that, did David Slater even get any money off the picture in his camera? Will he ever? Is anyone getting money off all the publicity this photo is getting with it being spread around the internet and back for months? The article says that PETA wants to use the money from the settlement to save the endangered species and make life better for Naruto, but there are so many better ways to raise money. At this point I plan to never, ever donate to them on the basis that they annoy me so much for continually bringing up this case.
I... don't even understand the point of this. PETA has time and time again shown that they care less about animals and much, much more about publicity and promoting themselves in crass, and often idiotic ways. They call milk "racist", and who can forget about their publicity stunt of trying to get Ben and Jerry's to use breast milk as a more humane alternative to cow's milk. None of these things actually make sense. They have a knack for making themselves more hated than respected and show less care, when they euthanize a huge percentage of their shelter animals. So, this incident doesn't surprise me. And I haven't heard about it before so the stupidity is just dawning upon me. And it appears that even their lawyer is using the inflammatory vernacular that the organization uses, by calling a monkey selfie ANYWHERE comparable to slavery or women's rights. Do you think this monkey gives a shit about his selfie? No. He doesn't read the internet or newspapers, he has no clue and he's fine not knowing. It's just a cute photo, and I feel bad for David Slater to have to be mixed up in a media frenzy with these people.
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