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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6688911" data-attributes="member: 22424">Custody isn't ownership, and anyway ends when the child reaches maturity. If parents owned their children, they could sell them.Absolutely, and I'm sure it will be... for everything except a clone. Because while you can reasonably claim ownership of your genetic code and even a heart grown from your genetic code, as soon as it becomes a full-blown person a whole other set of rights kick in. Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and all that stuff.Oh, if you're just imagining a future world for use in storytelling/RPG use, then absolutely have people owning their clones - there's more story potential there than the really boring "they're legally an identical twin" approach that I think we'll actually adopt.You might want to consider having adult entertainment stars selling their genetic code to the studios, who then clone them, perform various surgeries on the clones, and then sell them on to customers. Or something like that.Ah, but a key distinguishing point there is that in all those cases, the person is using the same body. If you have a person who is acting significantly different and is in a different body, is that still the same person?Bear in mind that if the clone is legally the same person, then if your clone goes bad and murders someone, you're liable to be convicted and punished. After all, you're legally the same person!</blockquote>