Xref: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu sci.environment:30751 misc.consumers:69257 misc.invest:42674 sci.astro:36052 talk.environment:12249 talk.politics.space:2873 sci.space:62480 rec.backcountry:32316 misc.rural:6339 misc.headlines:42268 misc.legal:63427 Newsgroups: sci.environment,misc.consumers,misc.invest,sci.astro,talk.environment,talk.politics.space,sci.space,rec.backcountry,misc.rural,misc.headlines,k12.chat.teacher,misc.legal Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!fs7.ECE.CMU.EDU!loss From: loss@fs7.ECE.CMU.EDU (Doug Loss) Subject: Re: Space Marketing would be wonderfull. Message-ID: Sender: news@fs7.ece.cmu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon References: Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 13:47:13 GMT Lines: 17 In article jhart@agora.rain.com (Jim Hart) writes: > >[...] > >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. > 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