> They are piggybacking on the already-established international legal framework. Well, no. Being out on the open sea would put them within the international l

> They are piggybacking on the already-established international legal framework. Well, no. Being out on the open sea would put them within the international legal framework. They're piggybacking on some national legal framework, and a big part of the ideology behind the project is getting away from said national legal framework. That is ironic. > precisely because you have already paid for those services with taxes I somehow highly doubt that they'll get the concessions they want from a government to whom they've paid taxes for years.