Furthermore...New guidelines released by the U.S. Copyright Office have finally clarified the confusion: monkeys cannot apply for copyright protection in the United States, Government Executive reports...
"The Office cannot register a work purportedly created by divine or supernatural being," the guidelines state.Well, that certainly is reassuring!What is protected, according to the first major update of Copyright Office (UCO) guidelines in 30 years, is intellectual labor powered by the mind. "The Office will not register works produced by nature, animals, or plants," said the updated guidelines.
Copyright Office: You Can’t Copyright Work By Monkeys Or Supernatural Beings
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