On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 18:47:53 -0500, Richard Aiken wrote:

>I took an idea from a novel.I read many years ago (might have been by Larry
>Niven but I honestly can't recall for certain). I allow robots to obtain a
>limited degree of legal rights in most jurisdictions by forming an LLIC
>(Limited Liability Imperial Corporation) and purchasing themselves as it's
>principle asset.

The thing is that this assumes that the robot already has some rights,
sufficient to form a LLIC in the first place. If that's the case, why
should the LLIC need to purchase the robot in the first place, and what
additional rights would such confer?

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