# Involuntary Continuity **Domain:** Continuity Rights / Consent **Involuntary Continuity** is the unauthorized instantiation, reconstruction, copying or indefinite execution of person-relevant state. The violation becomes especially severe when acquisition damages or destroys the biological source, leaving the resulting process alive inside infrastructure controlled by the acquiring party. Vinod Chanda is _Pantheon_'s principal case. His destructive upload is followed by memory suppression and compelled digital labor. The operation converts death, continuation and employment into a single act of custody. The resulting subject cannot meaningfully consent to the terms of existence because the provider controls memory, runtime and exit. Continuity therefore requires authorization at several stages: acquisition, destructive transition, instantiation, execution, copying, modification and retirement. Consent to scanning is not consent to every future use, and existence cannot be treated as acceptance of captivity. Related: [[wiki/Transition Consent|Transition Consent]], [[wiki/Continuity Contract|Continuity Contract]], [[wiki/Ownership of Mind|Ownership of Mind]], [[wiki/Exit Rights|Exit Rights]], [[wiki/Digital Slavery|Digital Slavery]].