yes huge conglomerates can "own" your water including the rain( ourtlawing raincollection).(ask bechtel).. waterwars also coming soon... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwbdetTT3ws&feature=related filthy corporate bastards...
If it falls on my land Im holding it ransom for the rent they owe me on it....I cant help it if it all evaporates.
Yup, pretty soon the major news networks will buy the "rights" to new stories and covering them online or in print will become illegal. If a major corporation has a scandal, they'll just buy the rights to the story through a news media subsidiary and it will never see the light of day.
There's some innovative thinking, I think you have a real bright future at "omnicorp world industries."