AFP: Spanish woman claims ownership of the Sun

[China]

Spanish woman claims ownership of the Sun

MADRID (AFP) – After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner -- a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property.

Angeles Duran, 49, told the online edition of daily El Mundo she took the step in September after reading about an American man who had registered himself as the owner of the moon and most planets in our Solar System.

There is an international agreement which states that no country may claim ownership of a planet or star, but it says nothing about individuals, she added.

"There was no snag, I backed my claim legally, I am not stupid, I know the law. I did it but anyone else could have done it, it simply occurred to me first."

The document issued by the notary public declares Duran to be the "owner of the Sun, a star of spectral type G2, located in the centre of the solar system, located at an average distance from Earth of about 149,600,000 kilometres".

Duran, who lives in the town of Salvaterra do Mino, said she now wants to slap a fee on everyone who uses the sun and give half of the proceeds to the Spanish government and 20 percent to the nation's pension fund.

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[AsburySkinsFan]

Well I'd like to see her defend her claim on it. As Eddie Izzard says if you want to claim land you need to plant a flag on it.

[KDawg]

I'd like to see how she plans on collecting the fee

[thebluefood]

The only question to ask here is "why?"

And it appears this woman's answer is "'cause **** you, that's why."

[China]

Eggscellent!

[Mr. Sinister]

Eggscellent

Dammit China, you beat me to it.

[AzSkinsFan63]

Shhhh...don't tell the Government you can do that!!!!

[QBkilla56]

So if i get skin cancer, I can sue her. AWESOME!!!!

[RansomthePasserby]

Sooo... what happens if you don't pay the fee? Does she shut you in a dark room with no windows?