1. "Mindfiles, Mindware and Mindclones: Legal Aspects of Virtual Humans" 9 th Colloquium on the Law of Futuristic Persons Martine Rothblatt martine@terasemcentral.org Credit: Jan Gillbank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 10 December 2013 International Human Rights Day

2. Some Definitions Mindfile = Records of a person’s mannerisms, personality, recollections, feelings, beliefs, attitudes and values Mindware = Software that generates a twin of the consciousness reflected in a mindfile Mindclone = The aspect of a person’s consciousness that is running off mindware Virtual Person = A legal description of a human being whose consciousness is running off mindware; The slang term is “vumon” from virtual human person.

3. Legal Aspects: Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness Are vumons alive? – A decision for doctors of the mind – Mindclones as mental prosthetics; artificial cortex – Tests, Time & Type Acceptance Are vumons free? – Different freedoms for different kinds of vumons Do vumons have equal opportunities? – Instincts for fairness v. xenophobia Lori Darling, Second Life Resident

4. Are vumons alive?

5. Are vumons free? Loving v. Virginia

6. Vumon Equal Opportunity?

7. Closing Thoughts Imagine You Were a Vumon – – You May Very Well Be in a Decade or Few What Legal Status Would You Want? Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness?