Spain’s Angeles Duran has come up with a plan end world hunger, get her government out of the red and make herself a very rich woman; at least she will be if she can figure out a way to enforce the user fees she wants to charge the population of Earth for the use of “her” sun.
How is this possible? Well it turns out that there is an international agreement stating that no country may lay claim to a planet or star, but thanks to shoddy proofreading there is no language preventing individuals from screaming “Mine!” and staking a legal claim to any and all stars, planets and various bits of space stuff. Duran has a notary public issued document stating she is 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 kilometers’.
As for her user fees, the woman who proudly claimed “…I know the law… I did it but anyone else could have done it, it simply occurred to me first.’ Plans on giving half her proceeds to the Spanish government, 20% to the nation’s pension fund, 10% to research, 10% to ending world hunger, and keep a mere 10% all to herself. No doubt so that she can build herself a golden palace and declare herself “Queen of the Sun.”
SOURCE: [Dailymail]
THRiLL KiLL says:
So if she owns the sun, does that mean we can sue her for the damages caused by the sun?
brendon says:
Since she gets the good stuff (such as fees) she should also be responsible for upkeep like say those sun flares/bursts that scientists are getting so ancy about. Since its her Sun it is her responsibility to prevent them or her ownership should be revoked for misuse. I know her 90% is doing good but the human population should be helping humans anyways and why sohuld she be rich for having a f*cking pice of paper claiming credit for something that dwarfs everything just by age alone.