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I mean we can get into the philosophical/legal nuances of what it means to "own" something. In NYC, there are air rights which partitions ownership of the liter
by NikolaeVarius 6y ago
I mean we can get into the philosophical/legal nuances of what it means to "own" something. In NYC, there are air rights which partitions ownership of the literal air above you.
Should "owning" a piece of land entitle you to everything from the earths core all the way into deep space?
- labster 6y agoCuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos Traditionally it goes further, all the way to heaven and hell. But in modern times, air rights are limited to what you can actually use from the surface; airplanes don’t trespass, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuius_est_solum,_eius_est_usque_ad_coelum_et_ad_inferos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuius_est_solum,_eius_est_usqu...
- __s 6y agoHeinlein wrote a short story on this premise, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon