From: loss@fs7.ECE.CMU.EDU (Doug Loss)
Subject: Re: Space Marketing would be wonderfull.
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
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In article <C760Dv.K75@agora.rain.com> jhart@agora.rain.com (Jim Hart) writes:
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>Astronomers have been using the night sky for thousands of years --
>they own it.  If they don't complain now against scenic trespassers
>(eg light polluters), they will lose their common-law right of ownership.
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   Is English (American, Canadian, etc.) common law recognized as
legally binding under international law?  After all, we're talking about
something that by its very nature isn't limited to the territory of one
nation.

Doug Loss
loss@husky.bloomu.edu


