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

2003-02-02 Thread Ken Hirsch
From: Steve Schear [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

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

2003-02-02 Thread Tim May
On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 05:32 AM, Ken Hirsch wrote: I don't think there are any difficult legal issues involved. If you drop your wallet on someone's property, it is still your wallet. If you crash your car onto somebody's front yard, it's still your car (for better or worse). If a

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

2003-02-02 Thread Ken Hirsch
From: Steve Schear [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

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

2003-02-02 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 08:32:01AM -0500, Ken Hirsch wrote: I don't think there are any difficult legal issues involved. If you drop your wallet on someone's property, it is still your wallet. If you crash your car onto somebody's front yard, it's still your car (for better or worse).

Who owns stuff that falls onto someone's property?

2003-02-01 Thread Tim May
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.) Many tons of debris, scattered over at

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

2003-02-01 Thread John Bethencourt
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

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

2003-02-01 Thread 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

Who owns stuff that falls onto someone's property?

2003-02-01 Thread Tim May
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.) Many tons of debris, scattered over at

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

2003-02-01 Thread John Bethencourt
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

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

2003-02-01 Thread 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