Not quite, because legally, whether the custom was licensed or not matters. By paying the fee to park and cross the property, the public implicitly recognized h

Not quite, because legally, whether the custom was licensed or not matters. By paying the fee to park and cross the property, the public implicitly recognized his private property rights (which means the public didn't have any presumption of a public right-of-way, or even prescriptive easement). It's the public version of squatters rights, and you can't claim squatters rights if you've been paying rent the whole time.