You can’t find fifteen liberals to take a stand against Planned Parenthood, but when it comes to the rights of photography-inclined monkeys, watch out. The domestic terrorism organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a lawsuit this week in federal court on behalf of Naruto the monkey, claiming he owns the copyright on “selfies” he took in 2011.
Do you ever wonder if you slipped into a comedic tragedy at some point? Like, surely this isn’t the real world, is it? Back on Original Earth, they’re facing serious issues, promoting common sense, and living in harmony with logic. Here on Bizzaro Earth, they’re arguing that boys can be girls, unborn humans aren’t humans, and monkeys are basically just people with alternative lifestyles.
Naruto, a rare macaque monkey who resides in Sulawesi, took the pictures with photographer David Slater’s camera. Absurdly, Slater actually thought he could take those pictures and sell them, clearly ignorant of the fact that he was living on Bizarro Earth. And PETA isn’t his only enemy. Even Wikipedia argues that since the monkey took the picture, they have the right to use the photo as they please without compensating Slater.
“The facts are that I was the intellect behind the photos, I set the whole thing up,” Slater said in response to the suit. “A monkey only pressed a button of a camera set up on a tripod — a tripod I positioned and held throughout the shoot.”
- See more at: http://www.fixthisnation.com/conservative-breaking-news/peta-files-copyright-suit-on-behalf-of-monkey/#sthash.zJ2LBFB0.dpuf
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