Man stakes claim on clouds

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:22 am

A Russian lawyer has staked a claim on all the world's clouds.

Vladimir Osipiv is using the same law that allowed an American man to claim the moon.

He is hoping the clouds will be snapped by environmentalists who will then take legal action against governments that allow clouds to be polluted.

He said: "The owner of the damaged clouds will be able to seek punitive damages from polluters."

American Dennis Hope who claimed the moon in 1980 has since sold plots of land there to more than two million people.

Osipev, 48, from Yeisk in Russia's Krasnodar region, said: "The conquerors of the Wild West used the same principle, when they pronounced their ownership of the land.

"It is probably incomprehensible for the vast majority of people that clouds can be privatised. However, I am absolutely sure that I will get support both in Russia and in the international community."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1235605.html?menu=

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:19 am

G.W. Bush got there first. He owns Cloud 9. :wah:

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:37 am

Oh really, expect that to happen here in the US in a matter of time?

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:49 pm

Is this for real? What court in the U.S. would uphold someone claiming the Moon?

Since clouds are transitory things, I can't believe a person could claim them. I claim all the air and water then!

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:05 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: G.W. Bush got there first. He owns Cloud 9. :wah:
LOL :wah: Yea right alongside Blair at no 10...... or is it cloud cuckoo-land he's in??

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:08 pm

Maybe its just a ploy for airlines to put their fares up

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:24 pm

The guy could charge a toll for every cloud an airliner passes through!

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:36 pm

Jesus on a FISH STICK, a claim on clouds, that might be legal sooner than you think?

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:30 pm

Jesus H. tap-dancing Christ...what's next? Someone laying claim to the friggin' air???

Who the hell is Dennis Hope?

Hey...all you Gardeners...I hereby lay claim to the oxygen you breathe...don't pollute it or use too much of it, or I'm suing!!!! :-5

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:37 pm

That song keeps going through my head now

"Hey, You, get off of my cloud"