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Old 06-28-2012, 10:11 PM   #46
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The oil rig would no doubt be registered under a specific country's laws, and no doubt it is a company that owns it or leases it, not an individual.

Therefore if it's a company then it would be registered on a country's stock exchange and that means that the company would be subject to a companies act and therefore legal action able to be taken on it.

So, for your idea to have legs one would probably need to develop their own floating platform on the high seas, not touch land or go into the waters of any country likely to legislate against their activities, or extradite them for their activities, and employ staff (if any) outside of all industrial agreements.
I guess you missed Sealand.

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