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In 2022 the Spanish parliament recognized the legal personhood of a lagoon called the Mar Menor, thus making it the first ecosystem in Europe with its own rights. This follows similar decisions in some other countries:

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EU leads the way: Transparency register and lobbying cap are opposite of US Citizen United. Moving towards "corporate fault" where corporate liability is not always connected to individual wrongdoing, but can be result of corporate organization and governance. Limiting separate personhood of subsidiaries is also good move from EU.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tinkel/statuses/116416643889876361https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tinkel/statuses/116416643889876361Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2022 the Spanish parliament recognized the legal personhood of a lagoon called the Mar Menor, thus making it the first ecosystem in Europe with its own rights. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:28:58 GMT]]>@tinkel Thanks, as IANAL. Does it follow that giving them rights via personhood is the best approach now?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/A_J_Millar/statuses/116416507954915820https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/A_J_Millar/statuses/116416507954915820Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:28:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2022 the Spanish parliament recognized the legal personhood of a lagoon called the Mar Menor, thus making it the first ecosystem in Europe with its own rights. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:33:04 GMT]]>@johncarlosbaez @BartoszMilewski @pluralistic

Corporate personhood is very fundamental legal concept across the world. It allows a collective entity to act as a single unit under the law. Like enter into contracts, sue and be sued, pay taxes.

Just because the US uses the concept to legalize corruption (Citizens United) and push religion (Burwell v. Hobby Lobby), does not mean giving collective entities rights is a bad idea. It's fundamental.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tinkel/statuses/116415816289449854https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tinkel/statuses/116415816289449854Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:33:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2022 the Spanish parliament recognized the legal personhood of a lagoon called the Mar Menor, thus making it the first ecosystem in Europe with its own rights. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:07:55 GMT]]>@BartoszMilewski - The posts by @pluralistic that I was advertising compare these two things: corporations as persons with rights and natural entities like rivers as persons with rights. Then he brings in the question of whether and when AIs will get rights.

Some have noted that corporate heads like AI and AI agents because (they hope) it's like having workers without rights.

I have always argued that the easiest route for AIs to get legal rights and personhood is by becoming corporations. The same could be true for natural entities!

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.adamasnemesis.com/users/adamasnemesis/statuses/116415578187054415https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.adamasnemesis.com/users/adamasnemesis/statuses/116415578187054415Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:32:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2022 the Spanish parliament recognized the legal personhood of a lagoon called the Mar Menor, thus making it the first ecosystem in Europe with its own rights. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:48:37 GMT]]>@johncarlosbaez
Unfortunately, this is offset by Citizens United, which gives rights to corporations

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