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Aids were ilegal, so companies receiving those aids must return them
by Oletros 11y ago
Aids were ilegal, so companies receiving those aids must return them
- golergka 11y agoBut — they were illegal in international law. They were legal in Belgium law, it's the Belgium law that was illegal. So, it was Belgium that did something illegal, not companies. Right?
- FeepingCreature 11y agoIf I steal something and gift it to you, you still have to return it.
- golergka 11y agoWhat if you gave it to me a year ago and I broke it? Or lost it? Or if I used it to create something else and sold it already? What if you steal money and buy a dinner from my restaurant? Do I have to give the money back?
- FeepingCreature 11y agoThere's a whole bunch of laws around this that I've no idea the details of, and that mostly seem to be related to not-quite-this idea. I think the key point is the difference between possession and ownership. My layman impression is that you have to pay damages of equal value.
- roel_v 11y agoUnder Dutch law: - the original owner gets a claim on you for the replacement value of the thing - same if you lost it - not sure what that means - the money is not gifted to the restaurant owner, so no.
- roel_v 11y agoThey were not legal under Belgian law, because they are not legal under EU law.