Sun Plots Triggered eBay Lawsuit

In 2010, a Spanish woman named Maria Angeles Duran from Vigo, Galicia, claimed ownership of the Sun by arguing that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibited countries, but not individuals, from claiming celestial bodies. She registered her declaration with a Spanish notary, threatened to bill solar energy users, and later sold square-meter plots on eBay for one euro each. When eBay blocked her account, Duran sued the company in 2015 for 10,000 euros, claiming it collected commissions but prevented her from receiving payments. A Spanish court allowed the case to proceed but did not rule that Duran legally owned the Sun.

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