A Canadian farmer made the top 6 inches of his soil a "work of art" - thus keeping out oil pipelines

[truedelphi]

Last edited Wed Oct 1, 2014, 04:10 PM - Edit history (1)

And should people from Big Energy firms wish to talk to him, he charges them some $ 500 an hour!

https://www.facebook.com/353739560014/photos/a.10151237768610015.797948.353739560014/10154557272050015/?type=1&theater

If his tactic continues to work, this might be an amazing win-win for both the creative people and the farmers in our society. (As well as for the ecology, of course.) Apparently part of why he gets to coyright the farm is his scuptures that are installed as "art installations." Not all farmers have the artistic gene going on (and some might, but are too busy farming.) So this could be a good thing for city artists who unite with country farmers!

http://aluvionlaw.com/no-its-not-copyright-that-is-keeping-a-natural-gas-pipeline-off-of-peter-von-tiesenhausens-farm/

[Daemonaquila]

1. Nope. That story is misleading.

The real explanation can be found here:
http://aluvionlaw.com/no-its-not-copyright-that-is-keeping-a-natural-gas-pipeline-off-of-peter-von-tiesenhausens-farm/

Regardless, yay for Peter von Tiesenhausen! His situation is somewhat unique, but he has found a legal strategy to confound the pipeline builders, which might also be modifiable by at least some other landowners.

[truedelphi]

3. Thank you for adding this clarification to the situation.

I hope his strategy does end up stopping the pipeline builders.

[KoKo]

2. K&R!