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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by boomboomsubban on Monday June 19, 2023 @08:26PM (#36398183)
>They're potentially opening themselves up to charges for killing these people. They knowingly or recklessly put them on a boat when it isn't capable of reaching the depth safely and now they are dead.

Would the fact they almost certainly got the people to sign a fairly extensive release before they took them into international waters be relevant? I don't know how much of the "anything goes on the sea" thing is a myth.

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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by porknubbins on Monday June 19, 2023 @10:21PM (#36398970)
“anything goes at sea” is definitely not right. I think international waters is pretty meaningless from an individual standpoint since the individual or company would always be under the jurisdiction of the ship’s registration as well as their own country (for lots of laws, such as you can’t sail off shore on a foreign ship and cheat on your taxes). International waters is mostly relevant for countries.
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