On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Richard Haskins wrote:
> They may be in international waters but that does not
> make them public domain. As to what specific laws
Actually, they are reasonably public domain, and governed by international law,
more specificly in the case of submarine cables, a handful of UN conventions
on the high seas and continental shelf from the late 50's and early 80's
(I'm still trying to track down some 90's references.) It would seem that
since the "international domain" includes pretty much everyone on the
planet "public domain" is a good description for access. Since some
specific activities are expressly permitted, and they laying of submarine
cables is one of those activities whos only restriction seems to be not
damaging existing undersea cables, what private domain do you place such
activity in?
> apply, you need to ask an attorney.
The presumption that there are protections without a specific reference to
such a protection seems to me to be ill-founded. My own meager research
finds only a 500m "safety zone" for undersea installations and protecton
of undersea cables in _territorial_ waters to be codified in international
law. Saying "They're protected" seems to me to be the same as taking a
vendor's word that a product is a "great firewall" without any supporting
evidence it's not necessarily the most prudent course of action.
Paul
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