Panel Discussion Our favorite sci-fi inventions turn out to raise some interesting legal questions: - What happens to the copy of me that will inevitably be stored in a transporter? o Is it ethical to destroy that copy? o Does it have rights? - Who gets to control what I can make with a matter replicator? o What happens when it goes wrong? - When do AIs become sentient? o Is Data sentient? o The doctor in Voyager? - Can you be sentenced to death for patent infringement in the Star Trek universe? - If I invent a time machine, when should I patent it?