Re: Who owns stuff that falls onto someone's property?

[Steve Schear]

At 06:01 PM 2/1/2003 -0600, John Bethencourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 12:31:16PM -0800, Tim May wrote:
>
> Expect the first EBay auctions of debris from the "Columbia" to be a
> constitutional issue soon. (Actually, the censors at fascist EBay have
> probably already flagged any transactions which mention "space shuttle"
> and "Columbia" to be illegal thoughtcrime sales.)

Yep, ebay has already removed such auctions, e.g., item #2156954390,
`SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA PIECE OF WRECKAGE PART'.

Perhaps this is an opportunity for competitive, even offshore, auction sites to take the fore.

http://www.goldbarter.com uses e-gold.

steve