The appearance of her front yard is an externality. Some may see her vegetable garden as a positive externality ("attractive"), others may see it as a negative externality ("eyesore"). The matter is entirely subjective. It is also irrelevant. The question is who owns the rights to this usage of the property? The government claims the right, but is it legitimate? If the right belonged to the property owner before the law was enacted and no compensation was provided for the taking, doesn't this fall afoul of eminent domain?
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Re: Re: Externalities
Hmm ... I wonder why they haven't used eminent domain to claim copyright on TechDirt? You know, to save the children.
Externalities
The appearance of her front yard is an externality. Some may see her vegetable garden as a positive externality ("attractive"), others may see it as a negative externality ("eyesore"). The matter is entirely subjective. It is also irrelevant. The question is who owns the rights to this usage of the property? The government claims the right, but is it legitimate? If the right belonged to the property owner before the law was enacted and no compensation was provided for the taking, doesn't this fall afoul of eminent domain?