I doubt it shall happen, for a few reasons: 1) There were some court cases and now legally each human owns outright his/her genetic code. Therefore cloning a dead person can be deemed 'theft', as they (being dead) can't themselves commission the clone. The clone him/herself may not need to bring the charges - here in Australia, at least, if a crime is brought to the police's attention (an anonymous tipoff will do) and investigation brings up evidence of criminal activity (such as, say, a living infant with a dead person's genecode) it gets prosecuted. 2) Motivation, beyond the return of lost loved ones, is absent. Persons of wealth and standing have heirs who would be loathe to return their money and control.
Hmm, I would think that there could be motivation both inside a family (e.g. Grandpa/grandma deciding that they didn't like any of the current heirs and trying again) and outside a family to have clones made. I suppose that ordering a clone made should put the person ordering the cloning on the hook for paying child support, though, as well as the theft charges.
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Date: 2013-02-05 02:04 pm (UTC)1) There were some court cases and now legally each human owns outright his/her genetic code. Therefore cloning a dead person can be deemed 'theft', as they (being dead) can't themselves commission the clone. The clone him/herself may not need to bring the charges - here in Australia, at least, if a crime is brought to the police's attention (an anonymous tipoff will do) and investigation brings up evidence of criminal activity (such as, say, a living infant with a dead person's genecode) it gets prosecuted.
2) Motivation, beyond the return of lost loved ones, is absent. Persons of wealth and standing have heirs who would be loathe to return their money and control.
So I doubt it will happen.
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Date: 2013-02-07 03:02 am (UTC)