I think where it gets really interesting is in thinking about why a reputable law firm would help PETA argue that it could hold a copyright on behalf of a monkey—that the photo shouldn’t instantly be in the public domain. And what the precedent of an organization holding a copyright for a work created by a non-human would mean.
And asking what sort of non-human intelligence might be creating a whole lot of new works soon, and how many companies would look at hiring a law firm that helped set the precedent that you could maybe own the rights to a work created by that (artificial) intelligence.
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