Talk:2017-01-01 42 -78

I didn't know before reading this hash-report, that in USA you can deny people walking on your land just by posting signs. Here in Finland we have a thing called "Everyman's right", which states that anyone can walk or ski (or even pick berries and mushrooms) on any land, regardless of the ownership of the land. Of course you are not allowed to cause any damage (that's why the movement must be by muscle power only), nor venture too close to anyones house as to cause disturbance. The only way for the landowner to limit access is to build actual fences, but in forests and such of course nobody does that. So, no-trespassing-prizes are much more rarely achieved here. :) Tilley (talk) 19:47, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, here the government generally tries to take a hands off approach and privacy is huge here. I think this might actually relate a bit to our First Amendment to our Constitution giving individuals a lot of rights/freedoms and anything that even comes close to the government stepping on even a perceived right is vehemently fought against. Here in New York State, I think the law says that it's trespassing if there are fences, a sign or even if there isn't a sign but the land is 'maintained'. That's kind of vague, but really it comes down to if there aren't signs or fences and someone asks you to leave, you have to go. Pedalpusher (talk) 15:01, 10 January 2017 (UTC)