ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule

Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by throw0101c on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:02PM (#37139835)

> Who's this "anyone"? Why are monopolies suddenly people?

Corporations have always been legal persons, going back to the Middle Ages (guilds, chartered cities, universities) and even Ancient Rome:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person

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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by dghlsakjg on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:19PM (#37140027)

Corporations are legal entities separate from people. They do not have the same rights and responsibilities as humans.

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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by throw0101c on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @08:27PM (#37141188)

> They do not have the same rights and responsibilities as humans.

Opinions and precedents vary:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person#Rights_and_respon...

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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by dghlsakjg on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @08:39PM (#37141286)

From the article you linked: "There are therefore two kinds of legal entities: human and non-human. In law, a human person is called a natural person (sometimes also a physical person), and a non-human person is called a juridical person"

No where in that article does it cite a jurisdiction where a non-human legal entity has the same rights and responsibilities as a human. My point still stands that a human has a different, albeit overlapping, set of rights and responsibilities in comparison to other legal entities.

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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by PrimeMcFly on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:07PM (#37139898)

What's amazing is how many people misunderstand this, and think the government treats a legal person as a full flesh and blood person.

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