<div dir="ltr"><div>Funny...well, it's creative. Creating a competing property right by declaring the land an art work. <br><br></div>Of course, actually being artistic doesn't hurt ;-)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Shannon Biggs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shannon@globalexchange.org" target="_blank">shannon@globalexchange.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">That’s fantastic! Here though, surface rights are inferior to subsurface (mineral) rights. Boo. <br>
Sharing with Ben here, as its a clever tactic! <br>
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Best, Shannon <br>
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On 6/3/14 5:53 PM, "Baile Oakes" <<a href="http://baileoakes@gmail.com" target="_blank">baileoakes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</span></font><blockquote><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Possibly another approach that can be taken to avoid fracking wells in your backyard.<br>
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Well, at least in Canada.<br>
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Alberta artist, Peter von Tiesenhausen <<a href="http://www.tiesenhausen.net/" target="_blank">http://www.tiesenhausen.net/</a>> , has effectively stopped oil corporations from putting a pipeline through his 800 acre property by covering it with artwork and copyrighting the top six inches of his land as an artwork.<br>
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<<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/30/1303087/-Artist-Stops-Oil-Pipeline-Cold?detail=email#" target="_blank">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/30/1303087/-Artist-Stops-Oil-Pipeline-Cold?detail=email#</a>><br>
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And he charges $500/hour to let Big Oil dudes talk to him about it!<br>
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