Tag: MOTH (More Than Human Life)

Lush green cloud forest vegetation with mist gently drifting through the trees, illustrating Ecuador's diverse ecosystems and natural beauty.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 23, 2025

Categorized
Environment, Human exceptionalism, Law

Tagged
Copyright (forest as holder), Ecuador, MOTH (More Than Human Life), Nature Rights, Pachamama, Song of the Cedars}

NYU Law School Clinic Attempting to Obtain Copyright for a Forest

_{The claim is that the forest is the co-creator of a song in which nature sounds are used} _{Wesley J. Smith
October 23, 2025

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Environment, Human exceptionalism, Law}

Like so much of contemporary “nature rights” advocacy, this is nonsense. A forest does not have agency and can’t author anything. It is incapable of creative acts.