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If something comes onto your property without you asking for it, it's yours.

By your silly standards, I could confiscate every car that pulls into my driveway momentarily to turn around, all sales samples that door-to-door salesmen carry with them, the electricity that runs through the neighborhood transmission wires running along the back edge of my property, and so on. And the neighbor's kids are *mine* now, apparently.

Your idea definitely needs some work.

If a signal comes into your domain, it is now your signal. Just like sunlight, or fireworks. If I shoot fireworks off, and you observe from your deck; should I be able to charge you for my display? No, as once I set them off, they were broadcast to whomever looks at them.

Secondly, the quality of the signal has in no way been altered, impared or degraded by the observing person. Unlike taking cars, or private property that happens into your domain, no loss has occured. No energy has been stolen, all that has happened is that a processor that a person puchased has analyzed a signal obtained through a person's antenae, which is also residing on the same persons property.

If the signal is on my property; I reserve the right to do what I will with it. If, however the cable company runs cable TV through into house, it would be ridiculous for them to tell me not to connect my TV to my cable wiring.

If something comes onto your property without you asking for it, it's yours. By your silly standards, I could confiscate every car that pulls into my driveway momentarily to turn around, all sales samples that door-to-door salesmen carry with them, the electricity that runs through the neighborhood transmission wires running along the back edge of my property, and so on. And the neighbor's kids are *mine* now, apparently. Your idea definitely needs some work.

I rather suspect it's your idea that needs some work.

If you put something on my property without my permission and leave it there, and as I have suggested I ask you to remove it, by simple act of negligence it passes into my possession.

If you left it there, it's mine, Sparky.