Ninja Salvage

There have been a number of threads around on the issue of ninja salvage. As with many of the forum threads, they quickly digress into a shouting match with both sides stating they would quit the game if they didn’t get things their way. Facts and clear points are at a minimum. As a person who enjoys running PVE missions and normally salvages all of my wrecks here is my stance on the issue.

Though I have lost many a wreck to the ninja salvager, I just chock it up to the cost of business. Have I ever ninja salvaged someone else? Nope. That all said, I would rather not see it changed for the following reason. It is salvage not loot. One of the oldest international laws in the world is the Law of Salvage. Per the Cornell University Law department:
“Salvage is the reward given to persons who voluntarily assist a ship or recover its cargo from impending or actual peril or loss. To make a valid claim of salvage, a claimant must prove:
• the event involved a ship and its cargo, or things committed to and lost at sea or other public, navigable waterways;
• the ship or its cargo have been found or rescued;
• the service performed by claimant must have been of benefit to the property involved in the rescue.
A salvor (one who salvages) must have the intent and capacity of committing a salvage, but need not have the intention of keeping the property. The salvor need not have even given physical assistance to the rescue of the ship or property: in a recent New York case, a ship's captain's decision to keep his ship nearby in case a distressed ship needed help was considered sufficient to support a claim of salvage.”

Yes there is a risk that someone will come in and salvage a wreck you have killed. This is EVE, it is a PVP game and nothing is 100% safe.