Bill - Excellent point! (I used the term legal persons because I thought it was clearer in context, but legal persons is apparently the superset)
Thanks! /John p.s. IUsing “Artificial persons” sounds a tad, well, artificial. I do not know if that’s simply the nature of term – or because society’s recent advancements in robotics and AI might soon eclipse the legal usage of the phrase with artificial persons of a different nature… > On Apr 8, 2025, at 4:20 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: >> The distinction matters because legal persons — like corporations or LLCs — >> are publicly entities by design. Natural persons, on the other hand, are >> private unless they take steps to operate publicly. > > Hi John, > > Are you sure natural persons are not a strict subset of legal persons? > > https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/legal_person > > "A legal person is a human or a non-human legal entity that is treated > as a person for legal purposes." > > They define "artificial person" as a legal person which is not a human being: > > https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/artificial_person > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > > -- > William Herrin > [email protected] > https://bill.herrin.us/ _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
