# Source-Person Rights vs Successor Self-Authorship **Domain:** Deep Time / Rights / Identity Succession **Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Entry **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Canonical continuity rights collision ## Definition **Source-Person Rights vs Successor Self-Authorship** is the conflict between instructions or property-like rights held by the biological source and the autonomy of a later digital entity that has acquired independent memory, preferences, relationships, or welfare. ## Why It Matters for Deep Time Continuity It marks the constitutional point where derivation can cease to justify ownership. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Digital-replica rights, estate law, continuity election, and creator-custodian relationships supply the source-person side; successor standing and Dual Constitution supply the other. ## Deep-Time Continuity Analysis The source may control initial authorization without owning the later autonomous subject forever. ## Evidentiary Boundary No current statute defines the threshold. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Continuity Election|Continuity Election]] · [[wiki/Successor Standing|Successor Standing]] · [[wiki/Dual Constitution of AI|Dual Constitution of AI]] · [[wiki/Digital Replica to Rights-Bearing Subject|Digital Replica to Rights-Bearing Subject]] <!-- BEGIN DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING --> ## Canonical Branch [[wiki/Deep Time Continuity|Deep Time Continuity]] <!-- END DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING -->