[extropy-chat] Neural Engineering

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Anders Sandberg <asa at nada.kth.se> wrote:
> As I tend to think of it, we own the contents of our
> minds just as we own our 
> bodies. We have the sole right to determine what to
> do with our internal 
> information, whether to reveal it or remain silent.
> This right appears to be 
> stronger than just the ordinary ownership rights
> just as the right to one's 
> body is stronger than ordinary ownership of external
> objects. 

So...do we need an automatic copyright of experiences?
Sharing of which, without the full consent of everyone
involved or special government circumstance, would be
a criminal act?  And if corporations who make products
that contribute the the experience can be considered
to be "involved" (watching a DVD or reading a book
yields obvious involvement, but extend that to include
situations where the DVD's case or a book happens to
be on the shelf in the background of a shared
moment)...

Yes, this is (somewhat) tongue in cheek.