[CRNMC] Another Approach

[Ben Price]

Funny...well, it's creative. Creating a competing property right by
declaring the land an art work.

Of course, actually being artistic doesn't hurt ;-)



On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Shannon Biggs <shannon at globalexchange.org>
wrote:

>  That’s fantastic!  Here though, surface rights are inferior to
> subsurface (mineral) rights. Boo.
> Sharing with Ben here, as its a clever tactic!
>
> Best, Shannon
>
> On 6/3/14 5:53 PM, "Baile Oakes" <baileoakes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Possibly another approach that can be taken to avoid fracking wells in
> your backyard.
>
> Well, at least in Canada.
>
> Alberta artist, Peter von Tiesenhausen <http://www.tiesenhausen.net/> ,
> 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.
>
> <
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/30/1303087/-Artist-Stops-Oil-Pipeline-Cold?detail=email#
> >
>
> And he charges $500/hour to let Big Oil dudes talk to him about it!
>
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