US copyright chiefs have announced that they don’t give a monkeys about photos taken by animals.
They have just issued new regulations saying that copyright doesn’t apply unless images have been created by a human.
The US Copyright Office issued the guidelines after being badgered by people who wanted to assert copyright on images created by creatures.
They included a request from a wildlife photographer who wanted copyright on a selfie taken by a monkey. And another enthusiast took the department to tusk when they turned down rights on a mural painted by an elephant.
The new rules say the Copyright Office will not register works produced by nature, animals, or plants.
Cleland Thom is director of CTJT, who run the New York tabloid internship programme
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