Re: Whatever the legal arguments
Would Mr Slater be getting all this publicity for a picture of a monkey if
a) he had taken the picture himself or
b) Wikipedia hadn't decided to make a point about copyright?
It sounds like he is the one who wants his cake and to eat it too.
He wants the revenue from the shot, but it only became valuable due to the fact the monkey actually took it and might actually be the accredited photographer?
Has anyone asked the monkey what he thinks about the whole thing?
I would hazard a guess that his reply would something along the lines of
"All those years of evolution and _this_ is what your civilisation has come to? Move aside, it's our turn."