Property law protects only the ground, not the acoustic space above it.

Evidence

At the moment a man may own the ground only; he has no claim on the environment a meter above it and his chances of winning a case to protect it are slender. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 701

Categorization

• QUESTION: Has property/acoustic law changed since this was written? Worth checking the current state of noise and airspace legal claims.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 701
• XREF: connects to: Noise regulations protect only speech frequencies, leaving nature sounds unprotected — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1095

Broader Connections

• Noise regulations protect only speech frequencies, leaving nature sounds unprotected #qualifies (0.40) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1095