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US Copyright Office rules that monkeys CAN'T claim copyright over their selfies

Jamie Jones Silver badge
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Re: Too Late Now

" And where does the US Copyright Office get the authority to deny a hard-working simian his rights to his artistic creation? Specist bastards! Someone get that monkey a lawyer!"

Errrrrm, it didn't! Surely their decision was pro-monkey, by not letting the human steal his work!

From TFA:

The Office said in its latest copyright law compendium (PDF) that images taken by animals, including the 2011 primate self-shot, could not be registered for copyright by a human.

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