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Sophonts > Modosophonts > Virtual
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Virtual/Infotech
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An uploaded digital copy of a rl person (whether biont or vec) that experiences emself in all ways as identical to the original alpha. Sometimes known as a xox. Copies can exist in a virtual state, as uploads or virtual entities. Or they can be downoaded into a robotic body. generally known as a 'rental body'.
Also can refer to a biological copy, occupying a body with identical DNA to the original person, but differing from a clone in that the memories of the original have been transferred artificially into the new body. Sometimes known as a 'bioxox'.
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Legally, an individual is an unitary conscious entity - a single copy of an upload, the mind in the biological body, and so on. See also Copy Rights. - Scion
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Development Notes
Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 24 September 2001.
Fiction featuring Copies
On the Boat
Initially published on 24 September 2001.
Fiction featuring Copies
On the Boat
