Monkey selfies are included in works that don’t qualify for copyright protections under the U.S. Copyright Office’s policy, according to the ABA Journal.
The rights of pictures taken by a monkey are being legally disputed by photographer David Slater and Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons asserts, according to ABA Journal, that the pictures, including several monkey selfies, can’t be copyrighted since they were shot by a nonhuman.
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The new Copyright Office regulations state, “The Office will not register works produced by nature, animals or plants. Likewise, the Office cannot register a work purportedly created by divine or supernatural beings.”
The ABA Journal reports the updated guidelines won’t be implemented until some time after Dec. 15.
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