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This keep this very on point. This is about whether or not losing access to a ___domain name means you lose ownership.

> abiding to domestic laws in my country.

Just to confirm, you country is Sweden, right? The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that a ___domain name is property. All member states of the EU must implement and have laws that follow EU laws. This means that the Court Of Justice of the European Union's decision must be upheld in all EU countries of they face penalties. This is echod by the Swedish Supreme court's deicision that domains are property that can be seized in The Pirate Bay case. Sweden like every other country has written laws and case law on the ownership of property. This stuff was solved and settled so many years ago it's hard to even guess when.

So let's put a line under this. In the country of Sweden your ___domain name is property of you, by law. Ownership of property doesn't change hands because you registered an gmail address. Just like ownership of property doesn't change hands because you move into an address that someone was previously there. I'm sure Sweden has laws about mail. Just because it arrived at your address does not make it yours.




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