There is a legal case for this. In the UK it is called "squatters' rights" and in the USA I believe that it is called "adverse possession". I don't know about Canada. Such laws apply normally to "people" (meaning humans), but the recent cases of animals being given legal recognition as "persons" could change all that. (See http://www.nonhumanrightsproject.org )
The idea is basically sound, although I suspect that developers will not give up that easily. Money before everything else, for them. It is even more important than the future survival of the world.
The idea is basically sound, although I suspect that developers will not give up that easily. Money before everything else, for them. It is even more important than the future survival of the world.
