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If anyone could go in and steal a meteorite then you'd have a race to take it first when it falls, not something you would want to encourage. The property owner
by Jensson 3y ago
If anyone could go in and steal a meteorite then you'd have a race to take it first when it falls, not something you would want to encourage. The property owner getting the meteorite therefore makes sense to maintain public order.
- sdwr 3y agoYeah, that's the common sense interpretation.
- IncreasePosts 3y agoYou could also just say it is the property of the state
- datameta 3y agoWhich increases friction between the state and landowners
- IncreasePosts 3y agoI'm not sure why it would, though I don't know much about local Swedish politics. In the UK, any historical hordes are considered property of the crown and not the property owner, and it doesn't seem to stop treasure hunters from trying to find them or cause conflict between the crown and the property owners.
- rlpb 3y ago> In the UK, any historical hordes are considered property of the crown and not the property owner, and it doesn't seem to stop treasure hunters from trying to find them or cause conflict between the crown and the property owners. UK law gives the finder and landowner market price for the treasure between them though. That makes the economics rather different than what it would be if they got nothing. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Act_1996 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Act_1996
- fragmede 3y agoYou're right. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detectorists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detectorists
- hn_acker 3y ago> If anyone could go in and steal a meteorite Nitpick about "steal" in your hypothetical scenario: taking the meteorite wouldn't be stealing until someone claims the meteorite or until the state comes up with an "XYZ party gets ownership" rule in the first place (XYZ being the owner of the landing location in this case.)
- belter 3y agoFrom my dead cold radioactive hands....