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Comment by fragmede

8 hours ago

US courts let you sue objects under "in rem" jurisdiction.

In rem = the thing is the defendant. You're not suing a person, and you're asking the court to decide who owns or controls a specific property.

The quintessential case is United States v. $124,700

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._$124,700_in_U...

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mrtksn  7 hours ago

Interesting, so the US already has the tools to go after AI, self driving cars and robots.

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