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Offline corbe

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Grumpy Cat’s owner is facing a major financial loss — there’s no insurance for pet influencers
« on: May 20, 2019, 10:49:05 pm »
Grumpy Cat’s owner is facing a major financial loss — there’s no insurance for pet influencers

Jacob Passy
 
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Grumpy Cat, pictured here with her owner Tabatha Bundesen, died this week at the age of 7.© Getty Images

Feline celebrity Grumpy Cat, whose real name was Tardar Sauce, died this week due to complications from a urinary-tract infection, her owners shared Friday. The cat, who was seven years old, first rose to fame after a photo of her went viral on Reddit in 2012.

In the intervening years she has become one of the most recognizable animals in the world. As a result, she’s had marketing deals with companies ranging from Honey Nut Cheerios (GIS)  and Friskies (NSRGY) cat food and starred in a television film where she was voiced by actress Aubrey Plaza. Her likeness was emblazoned on hundreds of products sold through her online shop, and she was a popular figure at fan conventions.

While her sour-puss appearance brought joy to millions of fans across the globe, her death will bring more than heartache for her owner, Tabatha Bundesen. It will also represent a major financial loss.

Pet life insurance exists, but it’s a rarely offered product and would be of little help to the owners of a famous pooch or kitty. It’s not designed to cover losses related to pets who double as income-generators for their owners.

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Re: Grumpy Cat’s owner is facing a major financial loss — there’s no insurance for pet influencers
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2019, 01:14:55 am »
I don't think she's sweating the loss of an Insurance claim.  Quite a bit of money already in the bank.

Over the past few months I drove through Tarder's hometown dozens of times.  No way she lived there recently.

ETA:  You'd laugh at the name of the town.
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Re: Grumpy Cat’s owner is facing a major financial loss — there’s no insurance for pet influencers
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2019, 05:40:25 pm »
She still owns the copyright to every single one of those images she took (unless she sold the right) not to mention the likeness which she had trademarked.

There are so many people illegally using his likeness on shirts and such, she can make a mint for a long time on copyright violation invoices.
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