[arin-ppml] distributing resources for individuals

[John Curran]

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 <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> 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
> bill at herrin.us
> https://bill.herrin.us/