I am curious, I know I've been critical of the "squatting" approach before in the past, and still am. But this is an honest question, just curious. At least in the states, when an owner has property that they aren't actively maintaining they can be liable for injuries that occur on the property. <br>
<br>Example:<br><br> Joey Twotones grand pappi Jimmy Twotones dad leaves him a family summer house in a coastal town when he dies. Joey discovers the house is unsalvageable and has it demolished. He decides to sell the land but the market isn't where he wants it to be yet so he fences the property up and waits for the market to change. <br>
<br> Two years goes by. Joey gets a call... Apparently six months or so ago neighborhood kids unbeknownst to him had pried up some fencing and had transformed his vacant lot into a bmx dirt bike track. One of the neighborhood kids broke their arm while racing around on it. Now the parents are suing him for having an unsafe bike track that their child hurt themselves on.<br>
<br>End Example.<br><br>So say you house a workshop in someone else's squatted property. Some dude comes in and say accidently starts a fire while welding, or welds something he should not have and a noxious gas is released... or something like that. People are injured. Can they sue the land owner for not meeting building codes or meeting safety codes relevant to the activities of the squatting hackspace they are ignorant of?<br>
<br>I know europeans tend not to be the horrendous liability sue happy land that the US is, and I love em for it. But it seems like there would be situations in which the land owner is responsible for the activities of others on their unwatched property. Especially if third parties are harmed as a result.<br>
<br>-Matt<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Yves Quemener <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quemener.yves@free.fr">quemener.yves@free.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">John Duksta wrote:<br>
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If I read this right, it sounds like le localhost/Les Hauts Lieux was squatting in the space. Is that correct or were there arrangements/a lease in place?<br>
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That is correct. The place was unoccupied by their owner who was unaware of the squatting. The owner decided to make the police evacuate the place shortly after learning about the occupation.<div><div></div><div class="h5">
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